ADVISORY/Experts Available to Discuss Online Shopping at Work and Internet Monitoring.Business Editors ADVISORY... --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002 TOPIC: Internet measurement firm ComScore Networks Inc. found that 59% of the $45 billion in U.S. online purchases occurred in the workplace in 2001, according to an article by The Wall Street Journal. More companies are deterring employees from web shopping at work by limiting Internet use or by monitoring employee Internet use to increase worker productivity. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story: Richard Schmidt is a successful entrepreneur and corporate executive in the international Internet Monitoring Analyzing traffic on the Internet. Monitoring is performed to determine packet volume for network configuration as well as to find out how employees are spending their time on the Internet. This is the first step in determining whether or not filtering should be added to the network. field. He has been a talking head for CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , CNBC CNBC Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (artificial intelligence) CNBC Consumer News and Business Channel CNBC Congress of National Black Churches, Inc. , MSNBC MSNBC Microsoft/National Broadcasting Company , Bloomberg Business News, The Nightly Business Report Nightly Business Report is a financial news television program that is broadcast live, weekday evenings on most of the public television stations in the United States. Frequently abbreviated to NBR, the show is produced by public television station WPBT-TV in Miami, Florida, and and others. In 2000, he founded Stellar Internet Monitoring. He is recognized for his knowledge of the Internet industry and the U.S. business environment, participation as a speaker at conferences, appearing in the 2003 edition of "Who's Who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame in America" and for his leading national investment advisory publication Stellar Stock Report. Schmidt has a proven track record in building and developing start-up companies and guiding them to achieve corporate goals in complex and highly competitive environments. Mr. Schmidt can provide insight into the effect of online shopping on productivity and shed light on internet monitoring, an emerging technology. Mr Schmidt can demonstrate how the Internet monitoring system works, including the system features of the software that allows management to monitor their employees time and Internet usage. Mr. Schmidt will be available for interviews at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall 2002 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. , on November 21 at Booth No. 1536 in the North Hall of the convention center. Mr. Schmidt will be joined by Eric M. Cole, StellarIM's Director of Business Development and Strategic Alliances, who will be at COMDEX November 18-22. PR: Alex Kowalski, 305-347-4314, Alex_Kowalski@mia.bm.com; Yvonne Carrero, 305-347-4349, yvonne_carrero@mia.bm.com Michael Reagan Michael Edward Reagan (born March 18, 1945 as John L. Flaugher), adopted son of the late United States President Ronald Reagan and his first wife, the late Jane Wyman, is the host of a conservative talk radio show, the Michael Reagan Show , senior vice president of Vericept Corporation, is a sought after Internet privacy expert on how organizations can effectively implement solutions that minimize Internet abuse and security breaches -- without gaining the "Big Brother" stigma. Reagan can discuss how to prevent employee/student Internet abuse (including Web, e-mail, IM, chat, ftp, telnet and print jobs) and improve employee/student cohesion with new technologies. Reagan can also offer insight into the various approaches toward monitoring and managing inappropriate use of company/school networks and the issues associated with the surveillance of Internet communications. Reagan can share the attitudes, experiences, and perspectives of both sides of the office/school environment and present a blueprint for managing the escalating issue of network abuse with greater awareness and sensitivity. PR: Kim Baker, 781-684-0770, kbaker2@schwartz-pr.com Professor Michelle B. Kunz, of Morehead State University History Morehead State University was originally founded as a private teacher's college in 1887, The Morehead Normal School. It is said to have been comprised of 13 buildings with a layout in the shape of a crescent moon for some period prior to 1922. , Department of Management and Marketing, is an expert regarding retailing and online shopping. 606-783-5479 ExpertSource cannot guarantee the immediate availability of these experts or their familiarity with this specific issue. ExpertSource provides academic and industry experts to the media at no charge. Journalists are encouraged to submit queries to ExpertSource when seeking experts on specific subjects. 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