Network Traffic Monitoring Software ot the Rescue

2008-09-26 11:37:57

( Business )



Employees surfing to non-business related websites during work hours are very common in most offices today. This causes a lot problems for the system administrator as high bandwidth usage of non-business related sites could clog the system and slow down the entire network in a particular business. The network administrator gets blamed whenever the system is slow. Network monitoring is essential to fix this problem.

Happily there are network traffic monitoring software available to help the poor network administrator. It is usually stated in the company policy that surfing to non-business related websites in not allowed. The challenge is to catch the crooks so to speak. A network traffic monitoring software will help the system administrator identify which stations are being used for non-business related websites and eventually report them to the human resources department for the appropriate disciplinary action.

A network traffic monitoring software will generate useful reports and will detail the exact bandwidth usage of a particular workstation. Some features may even include a list of the visited websites. You can identify easily which stations are using unusually high bandwidth and you can get a screen capture of those work stations to submit along with a violation report.

Network monitoring with the use of network traffic monitoring software can also help minimize the instances of virus infection which poses a serious threat to any network. Of course a reliable anti-virus system should be in place but the more protection your system has, the better. You can never be too careful.

Using network traffic monitoring software can save a business a lot of money in savings in employee man hours and in conserving the network resources. Bandwidth is still at a premium in some businesses and network monitoring tools can make the job of a system administrator a lot easier.


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