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Key Features and Benefits of iPrism

bullet Comprehensive Protection
bullet Precise Control of Monitoring and Blocking for Maximum Flexibility and Coverage
bullet Improved Corporate Management and Legal Protection
bullet Transparent Installation, Integration and Automation Lowers Total Cost of Ownership
bullet Easy to Manage with Unparalleled Support When You Need It
bullet Improves Network Performance
bulletTight Security

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Comprehensive Protection

bulletiPrism utilizes more than 60 different categories including adult content, violence, leisure activities, gambling, chat, sports and stocks.
bulletWeb robots crawl the Internet daily and present new suspect sites to teams of human Internet analysts who accurately categorize them according to content.
bulletMore than 5,000 new sites are found, reviewed and categorized weekly.
bulletThe database of Web site classifications and categories are automatically updated every night without administrator intervention via EduTech Computer Services' secure subscription service.
bulletEven non-technical administrators can easily configure category ratings and add user-defined categories and services.
bulletiPrism controls access to other time sapping and bandwidth draining Internet services such as IRC and ICQ chat, streaming audio, streaming video, Telnet, FTP and more.

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Precise Control of Monitoring and Blocking for Maximum Flexibility and Coverage

bulletiPrism supports multiple access profiles with different privileges based upon group, sub-group or individual user requirements.
bulletAll user access requests to the Internet are automatically identified and monitored, with comprehensive, customizable reporting available.
bulletMonitoring and blocking can be scheduled by time of day.
bulletiPrism filters utilizing full URL names, such as www.playboy.com, and includes the ability to block subdirectories while allowing top-level directories to be viewed. This offers improved control, better accuracy, greater reliability and faster access than other systems that filter by keywords or IP addresses alone.
bulletSites entered by IP address are automatically detected and handled properly just as if the URL had been entered.
bulletUsers with override privileges can enter name and password to provide access to blocked sites.
bulletiPrism can allow access to only "safe" search engines, such as Yahoo's yahooligans.com, thus preventing inappropriate search results.
bulletThe "access denied" page can be customized to explain the organization's particular Internet Access Policy.

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Improved Corporate Management and Legal Protection

bulletiPrism controls all network traffic to and from Internet, allowing centralized Internet Access Policy control for all users on your network.
bulletiPrism helps organizations avoid complaints and lawsuits resulting from employees or students displaying inappropriate materials from the Internet on their computer screens.

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Transparent Installation, Integration and Automation Lowers Total Cost of Ownership

bulletiPrism is a unique plug-and-play server appliance that installs transparently into virtually any network in less than 30 minutes with no downtime due to installation, configuration or testing on network servers.
bulletBridged mode is supported, allowing you to drop the iPrism server appliance in place without any changes to your existing IP addressing scheme.
bulletNo software installation is required on servers or personal computers, and Web browsers require no modification.
bulletEven non-technical personnel can implement and administer iPrism, adding user accounts with just a few keystrokes.
bulletDatabase updates are completely automated via the Internet.
bulletiPrism also supports automatic software updates over the Internet.
bulletiPrism contains no hard disk, floppy drive, CD, tape drive or other moving components to break or be maintained.
bulletiPrism is highly integrated and has very small physical form factor - 19 inch by 1.75 inch (1U) rack mount.

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Easy to Manage with Unparalleled Support When You Need It

bulletiPrism's user interface is 100 percent Java-based, allowing iPrism to be managed remotely and securely from any workstation with a browser.
bulletUnique "co-management" capabilities allow the EduTech Computer Services support team to securely access iPrism (with your approval) to provide assistance, troubleshooting and training if needed.

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Improves Network Performance

bulletLAN and Internet bandwidth can be conserved during times when responsive network access is most important by limiting user access to bandwidth draining services such as streaming video, streaming audio and FTP.
bulletiPrism accommodates network loads of more than 20Mbps (equal to 13 T1 lines) without noticeable delay or performance impact.
bulletAll operations take place in high-speed iPrism memory.

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Tight Security

bulletiPrism offers strong authentication and encrypted password protection.
bulletDatabase and software updates utilize encrypted links that verify the identity of both sending and receiving systems.
bulletA configurable access-denied page is displayed when users try to access restricted pages.
bulletFiltering bypass attempts by users are blocked and logged as an access violation.
bulletAdministrators can override denied pages with password authentication.

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