Effective Surveillance Improves Employee Productivity

LAN Monitoring
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Introduction
Every business whether its small or large has a common objective called Profit. Operational efficiency and business excellence designs this frame work for profit margins and revenue. To run the business efficiently office productivity and quality should be in place. Employers are facing major challenge in controlling the employee productivity drain.

Internet surfing tops the list of wasteful activities at work. Employees are found spending precious minutes on social networking websites, online
banking/shopping, Internet forums and instant chat messengers every day.

Network Monitoring is an ideal solution for logging employees PC

activities. It is a productivity tool, helps in analyzing the time spent on nonwork related activities. The software also helps in controlling the threats emerging due to increased use of internet at work.

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What is productivity & its important?

Workplace productivity means the amount of goods or services produced in a given amount of time, therefore the Productivity=Output/ input Its an average measure of the efficiency of production which means productions capability to create incomes. It is the cornerstone of economic growth of the business. It affects competitive position. Increased productivity means increased profitability. Improved productivity saves time. On time or even early completion of work builds good relations with customer/client.

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Challenges to improve productivity

According to one survey it was revealed that majority of employees slips into the habits of wasting time. Web surfing is in the top bracket of wasteful time activities at work. The pie chart below shows the percentage of various employee activities that kill their productive time.

Series1, Personal Calls, 19, 13%

Series1, Long Lunch Breaks , 15, 10%

Time Waste @ Work

Series1, Web Surfing , 48, 33%

Series1, Conducting Personal Business, 30, 21%

Socializing with Co-workers 23%

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Web Surfing @ Work

Internet is a useful business tool until its misused. As web is becoming more attractive and exciting, employees are spending hours on web surfing for personal reasons. There are some astonishing facts on web surfing and its users.

64% employees use web for personal interest during work hours. On average office workers spend 21 hours per week online. 33% employees check personal mail thrice a day and 7 out 10 choose to respond. 30-40% loss of productivity is due to cyber slacking. 70% of all Internet porn traffic occurs during the 9-5 work day. 75% of intellectual property theft carried out by current employees.

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Reports and surveys

The following three pictorial representation below show the amount of time wasted per week by employees, the most popular non work-related websites and the most popular social media websites @ work.

The amount of time wasted per week by employees

<1 hour 1-2 hours 2-5 hours 6-10 hours

10+ hours

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Survey Reports (Conti.)

The most popular social media websites @ work

The most popular non work-related websites

Facebook Tumblr Twitter Instragram Snapchat Porn News Personal mails Online Banking

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Threats of Web Surfing

Loss of Productivity: 40% of Internet activity during work hours is non-work related. Lost band width and use of corporate assets: 70% of companies bandwidth consumed by nonwork related surfing. Malware: Viruses, Trojans, cross-site scripting, tracking, spyware and adware. Phishing sites: Identity theft, financial loss, social engineering. Data Loss: Forum, blogs, IMs, P2P, online storage & webmail. Policy violation and legal liabilities

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Solution to protect from evolving Web threats

Employee PC activity monitoring software facilitates employers in monitoring their activities in real time. Enhanced features of monitoring software include live tracking of user activities, content filtering, screen sharing, browser history, view recent documents, blocking unwanted sites at work. Monitoring solutions help employers in network management.

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What is LAN Monitoring?

Network Monitoring allows to track any LAN, it provides the in-depth details of activities performed by the network user. Monitoring software's like Net Orbit, once installed runs in stealth mode and sends logs via email. Employee monitor activity software grants YOU access to: View user PC in real time. Records and monitor web activities. Record keystrokes in real time. Real-time monitoring. Filter websites, application, social media and chat. Screen sharing with the user. Remotely control users PC Record and view chat/IM conversation. Record e-mail sent and receive (via screenshots captured). View applications executed.
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Benefits from Network Monitoring

LAN Monitoring helps in sorting many concerns relating:

Productivity Profitability Quality Performance Time management Cyber slacking

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Benefits from Network Monitoring (Conti.)

Data loss prevention Attrition control Customer satisfaction Employee satisfaction Liability risk Risk and compliance management. Preventing fraudulent activities

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Conclusion

Employee PC activity monitoring protects not only the interest of organization, its stakeholders but of its employees as well. It leads to security, compliance, reduces legal liabilities, IP theft and data theft. It helps in controlling productivity drain.

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Net Orbit
Net Orbit is a wide-ranging network monitoring solution, to learn more about the features, visit Net Orbit Monitoring Features on the website.

References

Courtesy: image via impactlab.net Courtesy: Toneo T Rutsito Reference: Forbes.com Courtesy: Joe Lipscombe

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