I want to shift over to the web content filtering world for a minute.
I’m working with a tech college, couple of thousand part-time students, and their bandwidth use is huge. Since the government pays for this excessive bandwidth use that’s not their problem. But the congestion caused by all that use makes their network pretty […]

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For some time we've been working with ContentKeeper to try and find a way to measure the compliance (or non-compliance, as is usually the case) of employees' use of the Internet with their employeer's Acceptable Use Policy. Up to now, the only real way has been to manually process through a sea of log files […]

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We've just received notification that ContentKeeper has been accredited as one of the first "Family Friendly Filters", approved by the Federal Government as tested by the IIA (Internet Industry Association).
Some time ago (nearly 12 months ago now), the Federal Government allocated resources to identify, test and report on suitable filtering products.  There were six that […]

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A couple of weeks ago now I was talking to a prospective ContentKeeper user. This company had a real aversion to limiting access to Internet content in any way, as it was seen to be censorship - and contrary to the way the business wanted to be perceived.
Fair point, and I do understand where they're […]

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ContentKeeper for Web version 123.25 was released in late June, and all Firsthit customers are now running this latest release. For the sake of completeness, here's an overview of the major new features:
Departmental Policy Setup
The Departmental Policy Setup facility introduces a new method of delegating administrative functions by allowing a designated user from each department […]

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The Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Helen Coonan, has announced a $116.6 million package to crack down on Internet pornography.  The three elements are:

$93.3 million over three years to set up and run the National Filter Scheme, providing free software to Australian families or a filtered ISP service to eliminate unwanted content […]

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Our business partner ContentKeeper Technologies have given use a number of passes to this must-visit exhibition, running from 9-11 May at the Sydney Exhibition Centre. Each pass saves you the registration fee of $25.00, or you can register online for the same saving.  The web site is:
www.cebit.com.au
While you're there, don't forget to call into Stand Q14 […]

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The ClickZ network has an excellent article on spam and virus statistics for February 2006. Here are some highlights that spotlight spam and the problems of email delivery. 80 percent of all Internet traffic comprises abusive email The Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group, a new body that aims to measure and reduce spam, released its […]

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