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For whilst
bottlenecks may present a nuisance to companies who are
heavily reliant on Internet bandwidth, business owners also
face the problem of a distracted workforce.
The eternal
problem of non-business Internet usage
There is
no simple answer to a global Internet slow down but the
reality is that most glitches should only be temporary and a
service upgrade would take several weeks to install, by
which time the football will be over.
However, organisations are still left with the recurring
question of how best to manage non-business usage of their
Internet lines. Let’s not forget that, by the end of June,
Wimbledon will be upon us. Then a summer of golf and cricket
tournaments precedes the return of the Premiership season
followed by autumn rugby internationals. Moreover, staff do
not only want to watch it, they want to discuss it on MSN,
tweet about it and celebrate our rare victories with their
friends on Facebook.
What are the solutions?
There are
numerous reasons to consider limiting non business-related
web usage within your business. Firstly, it will help to
preserve the bandwidth on your broadband line, which should
be treated as a critical resource especially where you have
remote workers relying on the speed of their inbound
connections. It can also help protect client information and
prevent data leakage by staff who may – inadvertently or
otherwise – post inappropriate messages on social networking
sites and email confidential files via your email system.
For more information on these and other web borne threats
to your business, please speak to your Account Manager today
to review your firewall protection and Web filtering
policies.
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