[PEN-L:3784] Workers of the world...SURF! (fwd)

[Gina Neff <ginasue@xxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jonathan Prince <aa078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: dsanet: Workers of the world...SURF!
Reply-To: Jonathan Prince <aa078@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

WEB-SURFING WORKER WORRIES
A Find/SVP survey reveals that workers who use the Internet from work tend
to make a habit of it -- spending an average of 7.7 hours a week -- almost a
full workday -- online.  The average time online for all users is about 6.6
hours a week.  The tendency to spend lots of time online while "taking care
of business" has executives concerned over lost productivity and potential
legal troubles.  "We are still trying to figure out to what extent we are
getting the benefit, as opposed to the downside of the Internet," says a
national sales manager for 3Com, which has put all 800 of its salespeople on
the Net.  To alleviate bosses' worries, Sequel will introduce a Net Access
Manager product that allows companies to control worker access to online
services, and Optimal Networks' Optimal Internet Monitor will have a similar
features.  Both products will be available in the next couple of months.
(Investor's Business Daily 15 Apr 96 A8)


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