Chronos
Social networking is the new Web phenomenon and it's here to stay.
Millions upon millions of people use social network sites to connect with
friends and others who work, study and live around them.
Facebook is not alone; MySpace said more than 10m UK users look at its website
each month, with Bebo recently announcing 6 million users ... that's a
staggering 1 in 6 of us!
Users of social networking sites can spend hours accessing their profile,
checking in with friends, responding to new comments and answering emails. It
can be a very addictive routine.
It's because of the time spent and potential security breaches that some
organizations have banned access to social networking sites completely, to the
dismay of unions and staff alike.
But time's money, and if the net effect of this activity is a loss in
productivity, who's going to pay for it?
Are you going to pay your staff to socialize?
Now you don't have to - Enter Chronos ... the dilemma is over!
Chronos is the fairest way to handle the new Social Networking phase and indeed
any other next big thing when it arrives!
Chronos is a network application that very quickly lets you set a range of time
restrictions to the internet or specific sites and apply them to either a PC or
user account via templates.
Templates are easily created that let you associate start and end times for
specific web sites like Facebook, Myspace, Bebo etc or deny access to everything
and only allow access to specific sites.
Different templates for different users, PCs, or departments allow you to be
flexible and accommodate any individual internet browsing problems.
It's the perfect solution in any educational or business environment providing
flexible, fair and controlled access.
And don't forget, when the next big thing does come along, simply add it to your
existing templates.
It truly is the friendliest alternative available.
Here's how it works.
It takes just a few seconds to install the Chronos central console. Using
various methods you compile a complete list of the PCs on your network.
Choosing ready defined templates or create your own, you simply decide which
template to apply to which user or PC. Simple.
The template declares the rules for internet access providing a list of time
controlled sites. As an alternative you can reverse access, thereby only
allowing access to the sites listed in the template.
For example you may decide to allow access to Facebook say after 12.00pm but not
after 2.00pm.
If a user logs on before the time access is allowed or if they don't log off
before 2.00pm they are automatically logged off.
Or you could deny access to all sites except say the bank, the company domain or
any other work related site.
Once your templates are deployed that's it. Users can only have access in
conjunction with your predefined policy.
You can easily alter, add or delete templates on the fly which are instantly
updated to your internet policy.
How much will you save?
Even working on an average salary of £12 per hour, if just 1 employee wastes 1
hour a day, it's a staggering £3,120 in lost wages alone, not accounting for
lost productivity.
And when you think that's just 1 on an average salary, the gross result could
run to hundreds of thousands even in a small firm.
Chronos is a must for every network and with affordable licensing available you
can have a solution installed in minutes.