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Aqua Finance Eliminates Adware While Preserving a Profitable Work Ethic With St. Bernard's iPrism
Dedicated Web-Filtering Appliance Eliminates Internet-Based Threats and Helps Maintain Productive Work Environment
| Source: St. Bernard
SAN DIEGO, CA and WAUSAU, WI--(Marketwire - July 9, 2007) - St. Bernard Software, Inc. (OTCBB : SBSW ), a global provider of security appliances and hosted solutions,
including secure content management, archiving and collaboration, today
announced that Aqua Finance, Inc. has deployed iPrism, St. Bernard's Internet-filtering appliance. The water treatment
financing and account-servicing firm chose iPrism to increase worker
productivity and prevent malware, spyware and adware from infecting
corporate computers.
Prior to implementing iPrism, the IT department spent up to four hours per
week managing these security issues. Through its use of the appliance, Aqua
Finance has removed nearly all of the potentially hazardous pop-ups and
viruses that previously plagued approximately 20 percent of computers on
the network. The company now experiences faster computer processing, and
the IT team is able to focus on business continuity while operating more
proactively.
Aqua Finance's employees are also more focused and productive thanks to iGuard, the 100% human-reviewed URL database that
powers iPrism. The appliance is automatically updated to ensure all
inappropriate Web sites are being filtered accordingly. The detailed
reporting and real-time monitoring features offered by iPrism further
assist the management team with overseeing employees and the network. For
example, iPrism's robust, drill-down reports are a significant value-add to
Aqua Finance, as they quickly illustrate what sites have been visited, as
well as which online outlets have been blocked. This provides management
with the confidence of knowing that the Internet is being utilized
constructively within the work environment.
"We wanted to ensure that our work environment supports productivity goals
while reducing the risk of corruption to our computers," said Brett
Yirkovsky, network technical analyst and telecom administrator. "Our
workers were previously overwhelmed with continuous pop-ups, among other
forms of malware, spyware and adware. iPrism prevents these programs from
slowing down or infecting employee desktops. Most importantly, iPrism
prevents access to inappropriate Web sites, and provides us with the
visibility we need to investigate specific workstations or network issues."
"Organizations like Aqua Finance need to make sure employees are maximizing
their time at work, as the potential financial loss due to unproductive
workers heavily impacts their bottom lines," said Vince Rossi, president
and CEO at St. Bernard. "iPrism is tailored to enable SMBs to affordably
and efficiently manage their workforces, maintaining healthy networks
without placing a heavy burden on limited IT staff and resources."
St. Bernard's iPrism is a self-contained, dedicated Internet-filtering
appliance that is simple for organizations to install, configure and
manage. It provides protection from online threats in HTTP, IM and P2P
traffic including spyware, malware and phishing, as well as prevents
employee Internet abuse by managing Web access. Further information on
iPrism can be found at:
http://www.stbernard.com/products/iprism/products_iprism.asp.
About St. Bernard
St. Bernard Software, Inc. (OTCBB : SBSW ) is a global provider of security
appliances and hosted solutions, including secure content management,
archiving and collaboration. The company's award-winning products deliver
innovative security solutions that offer the best combination of
ease-of-use, performance and value.
Established in 1995 with headquarters in San Diego, CA and international
offices in the United Kingdom, Australia and the Netherlands, St. Bernard
sells and supports its products directly and through solution partners
worldwide. For more information, please visit www.stbernard.com.
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