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Netsweeper Showcasing New Internet Access Management Platform at the NECC
Netsweeper Inc. —Thursday, June 25, 2009
Netsweeper Showcasing New Internet Access Management Platform at the NECC
Guelph, ON, Canada - June 25, 2009 -- Located in booth #3358 at this year’s National Education Computing Conference, is Netsweeper Inc., a leading provider of Internet content filtering and web access management solutions uniquely designed for education networks and large school districts. Netsweeper’s solutions supply IT managers the tools necessary to optimise network security while providing all users with a rich, productive and safe Internet experience.
Best known for our real-time web page categorisation technology, Netsweeper’s solution incorporates the search activities and patterns of its entire user community. With millions of web pages being posted each day, this artificial intelligence engine has the capacity to keep pace with the massive growth of the Internet and its content. As a result of this industry leading technology, Netsweeper has accrued and strategically categorized over 1.3 billion URLs.
From a more education centric point of view, Netsweeper’s solutions are highly demanded for a series of notable features.
• Laptop filtering solutions: Netsweeper’s latest platform has been designed to ensure Internet access policies are not compromised when students access the Internet using mobile devises outside the school premises. This is critical as 1:1 computing programs are being considered around the world to support eLearning initiatives.
• Delegated administration: IT administrators are able to delegate some aspects of the system’s administration to named teachers and school administrators, thus ensuring that student Internet access is appropriate for their grade level and curriculum requirements.
• Multiple system operator settings: Control is still required when delegating system administration, however, with Netsweeper, customising system operator (Sysop) settings allows various administrators different levels of access.
• Anonymous proxy identification: Netsweeper has perfected its core categorisation engine to accurately identify new anonymous proxies in real-time. Anonymous proxies are used by students to circumvent filtering solutions, thus exposing school networks to a host of security and liability issues.
Netsweeper Inc. is headquartered in Canada’s technology triangle just minutes west of Toronto, ON, and has offices in the UK, India and Australia, with additional distributors in The United States, Far East and South American. Founded in 1999 and privately held, Netsweeper has enjoyed consistent growth and profitability while building a client focused and professional team that services a global customer based with over 14 million end users.
CONTACT: Doug Reddick, Director, Marketing, Netsweeper Inc., 519.826.5222 ext.240, doug.reddick@netsweeper.com
