8e6 Technologies 3 - Manual (Page 11)

8 E 6 T ECHNOLOGIES , E NTERPRISE R EPORTER 3.0 U SER ’ S G UIDE
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T hough many companies have Internet filtering solutions
to prevent employees from accessing inappropriate, non-
work related Web sites, simply blocking these sites is not
enough. Administrators want the ability to know who is
accessing which site, the duration of each site visit, and the
frequency of these visits. This data can help administrators
identify abusers, develop policies, and target sites to be
filtered, in order to maximize bandwidth utilization and pro-
ductivity.
The Enterprise Reporter 3.0 (ER 3.0) from 8e6 Technologies
is designed to readily obtain this information, giving the user
the ability to interrogate massive datasets through flexible
drill-down technology, until the desired view is obtained. This
“view” can then be memorized and saved to a user-defined
report menu for repetitive, scheduled execution and distribu-
tion.
Operations
In simplified terms, the ER 3.0 operates as follows: the ER
3.0 Server box accepts log files (text files containing Web
access data) from a source device such as 8e6’s R2000
Standard Edition or Enterprise Edition, or the 8e6 R3000
Enterprise Filter. 8e6’s proprietary programs “normalize” the
transferred data and insert them into a MySQL database. The
ER 3.0 Client reporting application accesses this database to
generate a virtually unlimited number of queries and reports.