There's a new imperative for Internet monitoring in the workplace. Salary.com estimates that employees waste an estimated three quarters of a trillion dollars annually on employee waste. Not surprisingly, online distractions top the list of corporate time sinks.

A web filter by Barracuda will safeguard your organization from this productivity drain by allowing management to monitor its employees' usage of the Internet and deploy global usage policies to prevent further waste. 

Why Barracuda?

Having just received 5 of 5 stars, and SC Magazine’s “recommendation” for its performance, feature set, cost and ease of use, the Barracuda Web Filter is one content filtering solution that organizations of all sizes cannot afford to overlook.

The Barracuda Web Filter is an integrated content filtering, application blocking and malware protection solution that is powerful, easy to use and affordable for businesses of all sizes. It enforces Internet usage policies by blocking access to Web sites and Internet applications that are not related to business, and it easily and completely eliminates spyware and other forms of malware from your organization. No more productivity loss trying to repair computers or make computers usable again. It wil allow your organization to:

Powerful, Enterprise-Class Solution

The Barracuda Web Filter combines preventative, reactive, and proactive measures to form a complete Web filtering solution. Designed for the enterprise, the Barracuda Web Filter enables you to set up custom policies for particular users and groups across customizable time ranges. The Barracuda Web Filter integrates with popular LDAP directory servers, such as Microsoft Active Directory, for both authentication and group membership information on which to apply custom policies. Sample uses of group policies include:

• Restricting access to job board Web sites to only the Human Resources group
• Defining separate policies for teachers and students at a school
• Enabling compliance officers unrestricted access to the Web for investigation
• Providing external instant messaging (e.g., AIM) access only to specific users or groups
• Restricting personal Web browsing to non-working hours

For organizations that do not utilize directory servers, policies can be defined for unauthenticated users as a whole, locally defined users and groups, or network IP address ranges.

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The Barracuda Web Filter employs a unique approach to integrate gateway and desktop spyware protection strategies.  In providing Web security at the gateway, the Barracuda Web Filter prevents new spyware and virus infections as they attempt to penetrate the network.  In addition, the Barracuda Web Filter facilitates automatic removal of spyware from previously infected Windows computers with the included Barracuda Spyware Removal Tool, an ActiveX control that can be served up automatically upon detection of spyware protocol activity (i.e., "phoning home").  By adaptively targeting those machines that are infected, the Barracuda Web Filter provides widespread protection and removal without requiring preloaded client software on every machine on the network.

Easy to Use

With no client software to install and no modifications required to your network, the Barracuda Web Filter is easy to deploy.   It has an intuitive user interface for maintenance and monitoring, making it a virtually maintenance-free solution. Even system updates are made automatically by Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 security operations center where engineers work continuously to catalog sites used in personal Web browsing and to provide the most effective methods to combat the ever changing spyware variants. Updates are performed hourly so that your Barracuda Web Filter can provide ongoing enforcement of your Internet usage policy and protection of your network.

Affordable
Large and small organizations alike demand solutions that are affordable not just today, but also in the future as they grow. With no per user license fee, the Barracuda Web Filter is the most affordable content filtering, application blocking, and anti-spyware solution available.

Why Opal Business Solutions

For 12 years Opal Business Solutions has worked as a trusted advisor to businesses in and around Southwestern Pennsylvania to support their IT needs. As a partner in our clients' overall IT plans, we provide best-in-class support with a focus on building long-term relationships.

We would love an opportunity to demostrate the value of a Barracuda Web Filter to your organization. Call (724) 942-7100 or email scott.davidson@opalbiz.com to schedule a free no-obligation consultation. A qualified representative will be happy to assist you.