Cyberslacking At Work Continues to Threaten Productivity Survey Zeroes in On Newest 'Internet Distractions'.Business/Technology Editors SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2000 JSB's surfCONTROL -- the Worldwide Leader in Corporate Filtering -- Unveils Newest Findings Cyberslacking at work continues to pose numerous challenges for managers trying to maintain employee productivity, a new survey reports. The survey, jointly conducted by JSB's surfCONTROL and QuickTake.Com(SM), also uncovers a range of new forms of Internet content that are increasingly distracting employees from doing work. According to the survey of general Internet users, 56% openly admitted to using the Internet for personal reasons while at work. This reinforces recent surveys from Nielsen-NetRatings, showing that Americans spent on the average 21 hours last month (more than one hour per day) conducting personal Web surfing at work. The surfCONTROL survey notes top content distractions for workers are news sites (46%), shopping (25%) and -- more seriously -- 32% admit to surfing job hunting and recruitment Web sites at work, such as Monster.com and Jobfind.com. Pornographic content is still a potential problem, but is only a small portion of the overall issue. Extrapolating fully-burdened costs from research by the Saratoga Institute of Human Resources -- recognized as the leading source of quantitative data for the management of Human Resources -- a company with 1,000 Internet users conducting personal Web surfing only one hour per day can cost a company upwards of $35 million each year. Taking this one step further, the impact of Internet distractions on today's Fortune 1000 is in the multi-billion-dollar range. "Cyberslacking at work continues to be a major challenge for today's business managers," said Steve Purdham, President, JSB's surfCONTROL, the No.1 corporate filtering company. "Pornography is no longer the only major issue. Managers are realizing any content distracts and seduces today's employees from doing the job at hand. The bottom line is that managers must be aware of the impact on productivity and bandwidth consumption." Companies wanting more information on how to protect worker productivity and potential bandwidth constraints through the installation of Internet monitoring and access control software can log onto www.surfcontrol.com. ABOUT SURVEY The QuickTake(TM) survey is directional in nature and reflects the Digital Opinions(TM) of only those Internet users who have chosen to participate. The results are not scientific and cannot be assumed to represent the opinions of Internet users in general, nor the public as a whole. ABOUT QUICKTAKE.COM(SM) QuickTake.com(TM) is the industry's most versatile technique for measuring Digital Opinions(TM). By providing access to over 60 percent of the Internet, the QuickTake(TM) survey tool is a fast and cost-effective method for decision makers to get directional feedback from different target groups to ideas, products, and public issues. In addition, QuickTake(TM) custom applications help companies dialogue with employees, customers and strategic business partners in order to get feedback on important questions. QuickTake.com(TM) is a division of Greenfield Online, Inc., a fully Internet-enabled, full-service marketing research provider. The company's core business is to conduct custom consumer and business-to-business studies that are faster, better and richer than traditional marketing research. For additional information, call 800-799-3072. ABOUT JSB's surfCONTROL surfCONTROL, a division of JSB JSB Johann Sebastian Bach JSB Judicial Studies Board (UK) JSB Jimmy Swift Band (rock band) JSB Jay and Silent Bob JSB Joint Synthetic Battlespace JSB Joint Service Board Software Technologies plc, is the foremost authority on Corporate Filtering, providing the market's premier Internet access management software. Based on sophisticated "Expert Filtering" and "Pass-By" technologies, the surfCONTROL family ensures that corporate "Internet Access is Business Access." This comprehensive line of Internet monitoring, management and filtering offerings - now including the entire LittleBrother and SurfWatch product line -- address many of the key issues raised by corporate Internet access, such as productivity, legal liability, infrastructure bandwidth, and network security. surfCONTROL (www.surfcontrol.com) is a division of JSB Software Technologies plc (www.jsb.com), the prime architect for the Windows Sockets standard and provider of innovative communications technology for the world's leading ISVs. surfCONTROL works with a range of strategic partners, including Check Point Software (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CHKP CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ), Hewlett Packard (NASDAQ: HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) (NASDAQ: IBM), ICSA See TruSecure. , ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). , Inc. (NASDAQ: ISSX ISSX Internet Security Systems Inc. (stock abbreviation, AMEX) ), Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT MSFT Microsoft (stock symbol) MSFT Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore (Italy) MSFT Multi-Stage Fitness Test MSFT Master of Science in Family Therapy MSFT Macalester Students for Fair Trade ), NCR Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : NCR), and Tivoli Systems. Headquartered in Scotts Valley, Calif. and Manchester, UK, JSB is quoted on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. as `JSB' and the EASDAQ See European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation. as `JSBS.' Note to Editors: Products mentioned herein may be registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective companies. surfCONTROL is a registered trademark of JSB Software Technologies plc |
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