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Every word they type, every link they click, SpectorSoft Professional and eBlaster 3.0 will be watching
BEING NOSY can be good for business. Although workplace privacy is a hot-button issue for many unions and employee-rights groups, there are many legitimate reasons for an organization to want to know what's happening on its computers. From industrial espionage, to sabotage, and workplace harassment suits, it's not hard to understand the strong financial incentives for keeping tabs on employees' workstations.
SpectorSoft offers a pair of products that allow an IT department to observe virtually all activity on individual workstations. Spector Professional Edition and eBlaster 3.0 are separate solutions to a common problem. Each offers an inexpensive way to monitor the actions and data running through a computer's keyboard and screen.
Spector Pro enables administrators to virtually look over the shoulder of the workstation user and view snapshots of his or her screen, making it a wonderful tool for monitoring behavior of a suspicious individual.
In contrast, eBlaster is ideal for keeping an eye on general employee-side network interactions. It serves as the DEW (distant early warning) line, whereas Spector Pro provides the detail necessary to make a case or prove innocence.
View to a User
Spector Pro is designed to live on an end-user's workstation and keep track of a variety of activities.
By default, the solution monitors Web browsing, mail, and Internet chat, and there are provisions for keeping up with Web sites visited, mail sent and received, and chats with other users. Spector Pro can block access to specified Web sites.
The application tracks every keystroke regardless of the application. It can be configured to alert an...