Interra.net

Attention Business managers:

Infinity Technologies and Interra.net jointly launch a new service to better help you manage your most valuable resources, Your employees!

We will assist you in implementing and rolling out an appropriate policy and procedure manual that will be customized based on results derived from web sense.

The following is taken form a Sales manual that outlines Improper Usage of Corporate Resources. Unfortunately very little is mentioned for penalties and procedures as they relate to Internet and email. WEB WATCHER will assist you in incorporating the fundamental points of acceptable Internet usage thereby assisting you to implement a more comprehensive policy and procedure document.

Improper Usage of Corporate Resources

The Internet and e-mail logs can be plainly evident as to which employee does what, with who, where, etc. etc. We have not had to exercise those options as yet... The office technologies are only here for EASY COMPANY business usage. Improper Usage of Corporate Resources will not be tolerated by a company like EASY COMPANY which is trying to move forward, rather than just survive.

Unfortunately, due to continuing growth, EASY COMPANY will be taking measures to ensure proper Internet usage. This has been an evolving area that had not previously been considered important. It will now be escalated, and you will be advised further about the remedy.

On an immediate and more easily managed project, , , ,

Please see Jane Smith in order to obtain a personal phone code so that you may place long distance calls. That code will be your personal 4-digit long distance. Without it you will not be able to make long distance calls. At the end of the month or when we choose, the Phone Company will advise us of the specifics of each code.

Unfortunately this will cause some inconvenience to all, but obviously something has to, and is being done.

I will not want to have to check with Jane Smith as to your specific codes unless we see long distance abuse.

After this, the next step will be unpleasant for someone, before it becomes unpleasant for EASY COMPANY.

Do you have something in place that is more detailed and comprehensive? If not then we can help. We then take your results, and further develop your existing policy and procedure manual. The following are some not so surprising statistics, excerpt from the Web Sense Statistics.

Web Sense Statistics

Think your employees are working hard? Think again. Chances are, at least a few of them are surfing the Net as you read this. Here are their destinations of choice.

72% Read the news
Extra! Extra! I'm goofing off!

45% Make travel arrangements
A little vacation every day

40% Make purchases
Buying time until it's 5 p.m.

37% Job search
Just keeping my options open

37% Visit special interest sites
My hobby is pretending to work

34% Check stocks
Only from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

28% Coordinate social events
Party in my cubicle!

26% Instant message
That fast typing? It ain't work.

13% Download music
$17 for a CD? How about free?

11% Play games
You sunk my battleship!

9% Chat
Better than sitting in the break room

4% Visit pornographic sites
I just go there for the articles.

Source: September 2000Valut.comSurvey

WEB WATCHER

The Internet has become an essential tool that enables companies to easily and cost-effectively gather and research information sell products, advertise and exchange idea. However, with widespread Internet access for your employees, new challenges and concerns arise.With WEB WATCHER your company can improve employee productivity by helping channel employees away from Internet sites that are unrelated to their work. WEB WATCHER can not only boost your employees’ online productivity, it is also an excellent way to keep potentially objectionable material away from the workplace. Thus allowing Management the ability to make decisions as to resource allocations and possible personnel motivation. While emphasizing the positive attributes of the Internet and de-emphasizing their distractions. While also ensuring company focus and corporate mandate to increase bottom line.

The Business Benefits

· Help keep employees productive while surfing the web
With WEB WATCHER you can enable your employees to access the business-critical and rich resources on the Internet, while helping to keep them focused on business and undistracted by Web sites that are not relevant to their work.

· Protect your employees and limit potential liability
By restricting access to inappropriate sites, you can help protect your employees from online content that might be found offensive and reduce the risk of corporate legal

You can choose to block sites that fall within the following categories:

· Alcohol & Tobacco - Pictures or text advocating the sale, consumption, or production of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products

· Drugs/Drug Culture - Pictures or text advocating the illegal use of drugs for entertainment. Includes substances used for other than their primary purpose to alter the individual's state of mind, such as glue sniffing

· Full Nudity - Pictures exposing any or all portions of the human genitalia.

· Gross Depictions - Pictures or descriptive text of anyone or anything which are crudely vulgar or grossly deficient in civility or behavior or which show scatological impropriety.

· Intolerance -Pictures or text advocating prejudice or discrimination against any race, color, national origin, religion, disability or handicap, gender, or sexual orientation

· Militant/extremist- Pictures or text advocating extremely aggressive and combative behaviors, or advocacy of unlawful political measures

· Partial Nudity - Pictures exposing any or all portions of the human genitalia

· Questionable/Illegal & Gambling - Pictures or text advocating materials or activities of a dubious nature which may be illegal in any or all jurisdictions, such as illegal business schemes, chain letters, copyright infringement, computer hacking, phreaking (using someone's phone lines without permission) and software piracy. Also includes text advocating gambling relating to lotteries, casinos, betting, numbers games, on-line sports or financial betting

· Satanic or Cult - Pictures or text advocating devil worship, an affinity for evil, or wickedness. Or the advocacy to join a cult

· Sex Education - Pictures or text advocating the proper use of contraceptives.

· Sexual Acts - Pictures or text exposing anyone or anything involved in explicit sexual acts and or lewd and lascivious behavior

· Sport and Leisure - Activities relating to sports or leisure activities considered inappropriate for the work place.

· Violence/Profanity - Pictures or text exposing extreme cruelty, physical or emotional acts against any animal or person, which are primarily intended to hurt or inflict pain. Obscene words, phrases, and profanity defined as text that uses, but is not limited to, George Carlin's 7 censored words more often than once every 50 messages (Newsgroups) or once a page (web sites).

WEB WATCHER is the ideal way to help you ensure that your company gets the most out of your business-class Internet access. However, no filtering software can completely block out all sites containing objectionable content.