SurfControl ships new software products

Corporate IT Update, Sept 10, 2004

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SurfControl (London: SRF), a provider of enterprise web and e-mail filtering, has released a product that will allow corporate IT managers to filter remote workers' Internet access regardless of how their PC connects to the web.

According to the company, SurfControl Mobile Filter is an optional upgrade to SurfControl Web Filter v5.0, released simultaneously, and has been developed after the increase in mobile computing.

SurfControl has said that its Mobile Filter is installed on the laptop or mobile device itself and communicates with a dedicated server installed on the organisation's own network. This reportedly allows it to filter Internet usage of remote workers based on the pre-determined Acceptable Use Policy.

According to the company, all of its software products are available for free 30 day trial downloading at http://www.surfcontrol.com. As for the pricing, SurfControl has said that the SurfControl Web Filter v5.0 will cost GBP12.50 per user, the SurfControl Instant Message Filter v2.5 will cost GBP6.25 per user and the SurfControl Mobile Filter will cost GBP1,650 for a one-time server fee, with a GBP4.40 cost per mobile user, while all costs are based on an installation of 500 users.

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