VSNL Launches tool to Manage Internet Usage
A web filtering solution that enables users to block access to specific websites, chatrooms orany other unwanted content.
-- VSNL launches Tata Indicom “Web Protect”, an innovative product that helps you managethe Internet access of yourchildren and employees.
Tata Indicom Web Protect, brought in collaboration with Netsweeper Inc. of Canada,is a web filtering solution that enables users to block access to specific websites, chatrooms orany other unwanted content.
Tata Indicom Web Protect is a boon to parents who wanttheir children to benefit from the extensive information, education and entertainment on theInternet, but at the same time wish toshield them from undesirable content and websites. Employers can use this solution to restrict employee access to select websites and thus increase work-place productivity. Tata Indicom Web Protect can be customized to filter 40 categories of Internet content.
This service is available to Tata Indicom's dial-up and Broadband subscribers.
The Tata Indicom Web Protect is a client-based solution: a 500 KB application installed on the PC can enable subscribers to apply different Internet access policies for every user who accesses the PC. Moreover, the access policies can be managed via the Internet, i.e. remote administration feature. This means that users can manage their children’s surfing even when they are away from home by simply logging on to the net and modifying the settings.
"Thistool enhances employee productivity andenables children to broaden their horizons while minimizing the risk oftheir viewing inappropriatecontent.This is in keeping with our philosophy ofoffering innovative solutions at affordable prices," said Mr. Mukul Sood, Vice President – Content & Applications, Retail Broadband Business of VSNL.
Some of the key advantages & advanced features of Tata Indicom Web Protectareeasy-to-use "Parental Control" interface; ability to create multiple profiles to customize Internet filter for various users at home or at work; over 40 categories to filter Internet content; ability to set time-based controls; customized reporting with detailed information like time, date, category, and address of the sites that were accessed and the ability to block protocols like email, file transfer, P2P and web chat.
Notes to Editor
About Netsweeper
Netsweeper is a Canada based company having it’s own office in India to provide web content filtering, application protocol blocking and customizable internet usage reporting solutions and services to all businesses like ISP’s, Telco’s, Education, Enterprise, SMB and Government. Netsweeper’s filtering solutions are according to business needs and it’s highly scalable and reliable. Netsweeper can provide filtering solutions at the gateway level as well as client level to filter laptops as well as remote desktops. Netsweeper.com can provide more information on how to identify filtering solutions to various business requirements.
About VSNL
Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL), a member of the US$ 29 billion Tata Group, is a leading global communications company offering next-generation voice, data and value-added services to enterprises, carriers and retail consumers. Voted the Best Wholesale Service Provider at the World Communications Awards, 2006, VSNL is one of the world’s largest providers of wholesale international voice services and operates one of the largest global submarine cable networks. VSNL’s customer base includes 1500 Global Carriers, 450 Mobile Operators, 10,000 Enterprises, 500,000 Broadband and Internet subscribers and 300 Wi-Fi public hotspots.
Rated amongst the Top 100 Emerging Global Challengers by the Boston Consulting Group, VSNL has offices in over 35 countries including the United States of America, Canada, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sri Lanka and India. VSNL’s global transmission network of over 200,000 route kilometers and its IP core with 200 points of presence, enable a range of services that include voice, private leased circuits, IP VPN, Internet access, global Ethernet, hosting, mobile signaling and other IP services. Our philosophy of BusinessnRich drives us to empower our customers to achieve enhanced value in their global businesses.
VSNL (www.vsnl.com) is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange and the National Stock Exchange of India, and its American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) are listed on the New York Stock Exchange.