Source: NetWorld Interop Atlanta 2000
By: Company Press Release
Business Editors and High-Tech Writers; NetWorld Interop, Atlanta 2000 – ADVISORY … for Monday (Sept. 25)
WHAT: Websense Inc. (Nasdaq:WBSN – news; www.websense.com) announces Premium Group I (PGI).
WHY: New database categories combine Internet filtering and ad blocking to save up to 10 percent network bandwidth and restore administrators’ ability to regulate desktop applications.
WHO: Andrew Meyer, vice president of marketing, Websense
WHEN: Monday, September 25, 2000, 5-9:30 p.m.
WHERE: PressONE Reception, NetWorld+Interop, Atlanta 2000
DETAILS: Benefits of PGI categories to employees and IT include:
Advertisements — Eliminates distracting and bandwidth-intensive ads from appearing on desktops, preventing workers from being pulled to non-work-related sites
Online brokerage and trading — Eliminates bandwidth-intensive streaming quotes and limits day-trading of securities and investments, as well as 401(k) stock “flipping”
Freeware/software download — Eliminates the download of massive unauthorized applications onto the desktop, while maintaining control of desktop applications by IT
Pay-to-surf — Eliminates a major productivity threat because these sites receive heavy workday traffic
Instant messaging (IM) — Stops a popular bandwidth and productivity-draining activity at its source.
