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WebSpy’s CEO Jack Andrys on This Week in Startups

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Last Friday, the 4th of December, WebSpy’s CEO, Jack Andrys, made a guest appearance on popular podcast This Week in Startups (TWiST).

TWiST features entrepreneur Jason Calacanis and a rotating group of guest experts who bring you a weekly take on the best, worst, most outrageous and interesting from the world of Web companies.

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WebSpy Acquires Marketboomer

Monday, December 7th, 2009

We are pleased to announce that WebSpy has completed the acquisition of procurement and materials management system provider, Marketboomer.

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80% of Cyber Attacks are Preventable

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

“If network administrators simply instituted proper configuration policies and conducted good network monitoring, about 80 percent of commonly known cyber attacks could be prevented.”

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Another Reason Organizations Should Avoid Excessive Internet Blocking

Friday, November 27th, 2009

Google Alerts have become an invaluable tool to keep track of WebSpy’s online presence and mentions. I’m also alerted on keywords related to other players in the Internet Security Industry. The last couple of weeks I have noticed quite a steep increase in alerts on a well-known internet blocking and filtering vendor. Majority of these alerts are linked with the frustration of being blocked and how to go about disabling and bypassing the blocking and filtering rules put into place.

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Santa Claus is Coming to Town – Ho, Ho, How will it Affect your Workplace?

Monday, November 16th, 2009

Tis should be the season to be jolly but it looks like employers have reasons to watch out, and maybe even cry, all because Santa Claus is coming to town.

Gallup has reported that Christmas spending intentions are currently down, compared to last year. Americans are planning to spend an average of $740 on gifts this year; somewhat less than the $801 recorded the same time last year.

Despite this monetary shopping decrease there are no sign that there will be a decrease in the amount of time spent shopping online. According to ISACA, a non-profit association of 86,000 IT professionals, employees plan to spend nearly two full working days (14.4 hours) on average shopping online from a work computer this holiday season.

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Gartner Report: IT Spending Projected to Increase

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

Everything in its own time, if you want the rainbow you gotta put up with the rain, it is always darkest before the dawn – and all other proverbs hinting encouragement and new beginnings.

Gartner has just released its latest report, Gartner Perspective: IT Spending 2010, anticipating that our 2008 and 2009 economic recession is finally starting to give away to growth.

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ComGuard Showcasing WebSpy’s Monitoring Software at GITEX

Friday, October 30th, 2009

Our Middle East Partner, ComGuard, represented WebSpy at GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK the 18th to 22nd of October. On behalf of WebSpy and ComGuard, I would like to thank all GITEX visitors for showing such an overwhelming interest in our products.

I’ve been in touch with ComGuard’s Product Manager, Amir Mohsen Abedinifar, who was present at the event, and he said,
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