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iMonitor： Hello， How may I help you?
Customer：Hello.I have a few questions about your PC monitoring soft.
iMonitor:   OK,Please tell me what they are.
Customer：If user use Administrator acount,cannot stop iMonitor?
iMonitor: You mean the monitored Pc’s user?
Customer：Yes.
iMonitor: Yes, they can not stop imonitor even the user is administrator.
Customer：Control center service too?from service.
iMonitor: imonitor EAM agent is not a service, it is a program which works in background mode.
Customer：All right,thank you.
iMonitor: One more thing,Have you installed our employee monitoring software?
Customer：Not yet, just looking your site.
iMonitor: We provide 15 days free trial version, you can download it from our website.
Customer：Ok , i will try it.Thank you.
iMonitor: You are welcome.

Many first users there are doubts about iMonitor softwares, some are product functions, some are the use ,and some are the performance of confidentiality. In fact, if you are willing to spend a few minutes to look at the customer reviews on our website, you will have a certain understanding and trust no our products. iMonitor monitoring software is really good!

After your purchasing, we will provide you one year free version upgrades and lifetime technical support. And for the trial version user,we also offer you friendly technical support. Please keep in mind: where there is a problem, where there is a doubt, where there is iMonitor. iMonitor PC/phone monitoring software will always be your safety backing!

iMonitor: Hello, How may I help you?
Customer: Hi, how are you tonight?
iMonitor: Fine,thanks. How can I help you?
Customer: I am wondering if there is any versions between the standard and the professional for what the software can do? (EAM)
iMonitor: Sorry,no other version.
How many computers you want to monitor?
Customer: I am looking at monitoring maybe 10-20.
iMonitor: I suggest the iMonitor EAM Professional version.
Customer: There are so many features, but the cost is a bit high.
That’s why I was looking at if there was any option to get a version that had a couple of extra features ontop of the standard, but not as many as the professional.
iMonitor: Have you installed the free trial?
Customer: Oh,yes.I have tried it years ago Where I used to work.
And I have recommended it to someone whom is looking for monitoring software like this.
iMonitor: OK, professional is better, we can offer you 10% discounts for the pro version.
Customer: Do you know of any software out there that can get around the clients side of the software?
iMonitor: Maybe you can try spector 360.
Customer: You are trying to sell me someone elses software?
iMonitor: Our iMonitor EAM license is for lifetime, so it’s not too expensive.
Customer: How is spector better than your software?
iMonitor: It’s a good product, I can not say it is better than us, but its price is too expensive.
Customer: so if they go for 10 PCs, it will cost approximately $450 US?
iMonitor: No, about $1000.
Customer: Sorry, I wrote the wrong price down.
$719.95 for 10 machines
iMonitor: Yes, the price is $719.95 for EAM Pro 10 licenses.
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iMonitor: With 10% discounts.
Customer: Yes, I know that that includes the discount,
the functionality I am looking for is really the complete functionality that I want.
It’s what I tested when I worked where I worked years ago.
And they didn’t buy it because they said it was too expensive, no matter how much I pressed it.
But right now I’m looking at this as a solution for another issue I have.
One questoin I have too.
Can the ALERTS be sent over the internet to a remote server?
iMonitor: Do you have a server with static internet IP?
Customer: but all the logging be kept on the server itself, but maybe even just an email sent from the software, maybe once an hour IF there are alerts?
Yes, the remote server would have a static IP.
iMonitor: If you have server with static internet IP, it’s will be easy, you can view logs from any computer.
Customer: So the software, running on a windows server, would be capable of submitting the alerts over the internet to a remote server?
And the remote server would be able to receive them and read them correctly?
iMonitor: Yes.
Customer: Can the trial perform that too?
Also, what is th limitation of the trial? Is it capable of being a fully functional trial for 10 pcs or more?
iMonitor: 15 days free trial and you only can monitor 2 computers.
Customer: Is there any way that I would be able to get a breakout to fully test it?
iMonitor: Sorry, the trial is for 2 computers only.
Customer: Testing on 2 PCs doesn’t really allow full testing for network and more. To test the load, the server, and the speeds of everything,
I’ll need to run some tests with your imonitor PC monitoring software, to see how much processing power the software will use, as it has changed since a few years ago.
I will monitor all to know the network traffic and the physical processor being used.
iMonitor: OK.
Customer: I think that that will be the biggest factor of it.
Also how much RAM it will use while sitting there in the background.
iMonitor: CUP and memory usage is very low.
Customer: Low as in what?
Compared to what sort of computer?
iMonitor: If you do not run EAM remote desktop, cpu can be 0, and RAM is less than 10MB.
Customer: Remote Desktop as in the communication from server to client?
For the screen view?
iMonitor: Yes, live desktop monitoring.
Customer: OK.I will have to check that out too.
To see what the actual effect is on a slower machine when the server connects to the client with remote viewing.
If the effect is too great, then I will have to contact ad find out how to reduce it, or else talk to the technical team
iMonitor: OK, no problem.
Customer: Just to be clear, if it’s only say 8 PCs to monitor, that would cost 625.45 and 10 is 719.95?
iMonitor: Yes, with 10% discounts the price is right.
Customer: I don’t understand the EXTRA LOCENSE details.
Add to the license..
$65 per
$60/5-10
$55/11-50
Does that mean if I’m buying license number 5,6,7,8,9 or 10, then it will cost $60 per lisence?
iMonitor: You have to buy a base license firstly.
Customer: Yes, I understand that.
I’m just asking incase it’s not 10 pcs,because it could be 8,then again it might be 5 for now and more later
So I’m just asking so that I have all the information that I need to be able to let them know.
iMonitor: 5 computers license(base license) + 3 extra license.
Customer: and the 3 extra lisences would cost $53 per lisence?
Because it’s license 5-10 or in that case 5-8.
iMonitor: $65, you have only 3 extra licenses.
Customer: So the value as in 5-10 is only for the number of EXTRA licenses that you have purchased in total? or the amount that you buy at that time?
iMonitor: We can discuss the cost when you decide to order it, and I have another chat now, you can try the free version firstly, sorry for that.
Customer: That’s okay, that was the last thing I needed to verify.
I think it makes sense to me from what you have explained.
Thank you very much for your time, it is greatly appreciated
Drew rated this chat as good.
iMonitor: the value as in 5-10 is only for the number of EXTRA licenses.
Customer: Thank you!
Have a wonderful evening
iMonitor: Thanks, same there.

With the advent of the information age, many large enterprises, middle-sized and small companies are quietly installed monitoring software on their employees’ computers to supervise staffs, improve work efficiency, on the other hand to protect the company’s confidential information and to prevent employees leak or steal important data. Many employees use work time to chat, online shopping or do their private affairs,it not only takes up the company’s network, but also delays the progress of the work, also employees fraud and many leaks related events are often reported in recent years.

However, some employers may be concerned that monitoring employee’s computer is legitimate? This will not infringe on the privacy of employees? Employees also feel not good and think his or her company is watching their personal privacy.In fact, the privacy laws of the United States is allowing an aggrieved party to bring a lawsuit against an individual who unlawfully intrudes into his or her private affairs, discloses his or her private information, publicizes him or her in a false light, or appropriates his or her name for personal gain.The companies install computer monitoring software not for peeping or disclosing employees’ personal information just for monitoring their job during working time, and companies do have the right.Companies pay for employees’ work,so employees shouldn’t do private things during working time.In addition, the company itself is a public place, do not fall within the scope of the individual’s private life, so companies install monitoring software does not infringe on the privacy of employees.

So, you bosses, you have the right to monitor your employees’ computer! Please feel free to do this.

Actually,companies will be at big risk if they do not monitor employee’s computer and online activities.

Unseemely web surfing, hostility emails and worse can lead to costly lawsuits ranging from hostile work environments to sexual harassment cases – not to mention losses resulting from trade secret theft.

Employers have found one of the best ways to protect themselves against misuse of company networks is to monitor employee computer use. This means that many companies are starting to hire CIOs whose sole mission is to monitor employee computer, chats and Internet use.

Not all Chief Information Officers are entirely comfortable with monitoring employee electronic communications, especially if a worker is also a friend, but it’s become a necessity in today’s digital world.

IMonitor EAM reports that workplace computer monitoring has become standard practice. More than three-fourths of businesses monitor employees’ computers. That’s a 27% increase since 2001. And 65% of organizations use Internet filter software to block websites.

Companies vary as to how strict they are when it comes to blocking the Internet. Some employers use content filtering to block adult sites, gambling and violent materials. Other companies block Internet use completely and believe that employees should never use the Internet at work.

The degree of Internet filtering often depends on one’s job duties. Employees doing research need full access to the web, but front-line employees may not need online access on the job.

In an ideal world, employees would show common sense when given access to the Internet at work. But the reality of on-the-job Internet use is less than perfect. One CIO found that 5% of employees visited sites that were completely inappropriate, and 20% looked at sites that were questionable.

The bottom line is, the best insurance against cyber mishaps is to explicitly communicate a clear company policy on computer usage backed up by computer surveillance software.

A word of caution to employers: use Internet filtering that’s suitable for the employees in question. According to Manny Avramidid, Senior Vice President for Global Resources at American Management Association, Internet surfing for highly skilled or hard-to-find employees is a perk. So while monitoring employee computer use is standard practice, over zealous employee Internet blocking may not always be in a company’s best interest if keeping employees happy is a priority.

IMonitor employee monitoring software solves this problem because it gives employers the power to use website filtering as much or as little as they choose. Even if Internet blocking isn’t activated, all computer activity is recorded. Screenshots are taken when questionable activities occur all the recorded data is organized so that companies don’t have to spend a lot of time searching through harmless employee files.

Monitoring employee computers doesn’t have to be complex, and easy-to-use monitoring software like IMonitor is an excellent way for companies to protect themselves.

In any company, it is important for office manager to know the different activities performed by their employees inside their office. However, it is not an easy job. Even if the manager stays in the office, he or she cannot completely monitor his or her employees. It is difficult for the supervisor to exactly know which employee is playing online games, which one is chatting on the Internet, and which one is really working. Besides, a good supervisor should know who start working on time.

Actually, monitoring the office employees is an ideal way to know whether they start working on time or use the computer only for working. Employee monitoring software and time tracking software are two of the most reliable and effective monitoring software. With these tools, the manager will know enough info to deal with the employees and the business.

The employee monitoring software enables office manager to be aware of the activities performed by their employees on their computers. With this tool, it is clear to understand whether or not the company employees are using their computer for other purposes or not. It keeps tracks of staff activities – when they surf the internet for non-working purposes, when they play online games, etc.  Even if the employees doubt that they are being spied and attempt to delete their records, the monitoring software can also record this.

With regard to time tracking software, it is used to understand whether or not employees go to work according to the office work schedule. The software user can check uncommon time-in and time-out activities. It can tell the supervisor who are late comers or who are absent.

With employee monitoring software and time tracking software, a supervisor or office manager is able to obtain enough information to evaluate the employees. Monitoring software not merely helps in detecting the lazy bones in the office, but it is also useful in rewarding those ones who work hard for the firm.

Nowadays in the competitive market it is essential to get a clear picture of what happens in your company. If you can monitor
your employees, then you will easily get this kind of information. The more precise you get this information, the more better you can improve your business.

However, you cannot precisely know which employee perform well, which one play online games or just chat with his friends. You can find the right answers if you could know how to monitor employees. In addition, you can also get plenty of other useful information.

Picture the scene: One of your employees is loyal to the company and work with his full potentials out, whereas another one chats with her friends, email them from time to time, and even play games online in your office. You cannot tell their difference by a simple glance.

What’s worse, the hard-working  employee may feel disappointed at you and then choose to leave. In that case, only the low perfomer remains in your company. It’s a nightmare, so take measures to avoid it. All you need to do is to choose a good  software program.

You have the right to know the exact performance of every employee. Good employee monitoring software can help you get the right information. The monitoring software can record everything permanently. Therefore, you don’t need to worry about the following case:  some employees find out that they are being monitored and then take measures to clean their records.

Actually, nowadays more than 2/3 of companies are monitoring what their employees are doing. However, many employees don’t the existence of the monitoring software.

No regulations clearly states that employees’ computers cannot be monitored by their company. The computers belong to your company, so you have the legal right to set up a monitoring software on them to check whether your employees break the company rules or not.

Nowadays, the topic of internet usage of employee has aroused more and more people’s concerns. The Supervisors in charge of Human Resource are paying their concerns more on accounting their employees’ performance during their working time. A Keystroke recorder software new instrument called “keystroke recorder” software  has been created by the resource departments in the while country, which can be used in the working time.

The function of Employee Monitoring Software

This excellent employee monitoring software or we can say Keystroke recorder software in another word, is a sort of software which can trace the keystroke made by the employees left on the keyboard. In this way, all the usages on the internet can be traced the activities including logging in Facebook or Myspace, checking private emails, hunting for a new job even planning a journey and so on. Even the Supervisor can know which sites are most popular among the employee by providing the online games such as Tetris, Pac Man and so on.

If you can get the information about the websites your employees often use, it’s easy and convenient for you to know their thoughts and behaviors. This monitoring software can help to know the employee’s views’ toward their workplace and their plans. In this point, this software is convenient for the monitoring but also good for the development of a corporation.

What you can see about your employees by using monitoring software?

We can deny that this Keystroke recorder software is priceless and quite useful to monitor the employee’s internet behaviors. With the help of a little tool called screen shot in this software, all the things can be known by you including the content of the employee’s chatting, the pictures they have shown, and even the order of the websites they have browsed. All the behaviors of the employees can be recorded and become the proofs when you are going to figure out their performances. Also these websites found by screen shot can provide you some information which attaches to the employee’s computer and help you to figure out whether it’s spyware or not.

To a company, it can’t be denied that the staffs are the most crucial asset. However, the low efficiency even non-performance of the staff would be a big obstacle for the enterprises’ development, which in turn may make great influence on the business operation. If you are a manager who worries about the low-performance of your staff, using monitoring software may be a good choice for you to monitor the employee’s performance. If you have this plan, what you need to do now is to do some research on the monitoring software and make a shortlist, choosing the most suitable one among them according to your need and preference. Here are some tips for you to find the most suitable one:

1. The primary element you need to consider is the size of your company. There are numerous editions of software for you to choose while you have to take the most suitable one for your company such as standard, business and enterprise edition and so on. For example, the professional edition is suitable for the company containing less than 100 people while the enterprise one is designed for companies in big size.

2. You have to consider the actual needs to the features and functions of the monitoring program.
There are numerous monitoring software products in the market, all of which are claimed to contain all the necessary functions needed. Therefore you have to find one or two prominent advantages of each monitoring program.

3. you also need to focus on the reliability and performance of a monitoring program. Different company can provide different services according to the various specifications, which is also an important components you need to consider. After all, nobody wants to see that the servers and customer’s computers can’t work for many times.

4. The last but most important one you need to pay attention is the cost of the monitoring software. It’s good for your company if you can find a cost-friendly monitoring software product. Hence before purchasing, it’s wise to compare the prices of different company which can provide this service.

Preseantly most businesse will consider the pros and cons of hooking their employees up to the internet, since more and more issues of internet abuse have been occured so often in office. Currently the time of internet abuse which nearly 60% employees of business spend on has been on the rise leading to computer-related firings and a growing climate of corporate misunderstanding and mistrust.

Business internet abuse includes many aspects, such as accessing pornography, chatting, gaming, society network, investing and online shopping, employees turn their working time into private time, which is definitely abusing the original purpose of internet, and reducing business productivity. The latest survey from some global businesses shows a rise in the number of wrongful termination suits based upon an employer’s inability to support accusations of Internet abuse in place.

Maximally preventing and elimating the time of employees internet abuse, it has been put on the top position of business executives
schedule. Monitoring and controlling employees internet abuse and non-related internet activities, it is really be a shortcut to boost employee productivity. As a network administrator, being wise to choose a proper internet abuse monitoring and controlling software is really necessary. Such preventing internet abuse software not only enable to completely monitor internet activities but also make sure it will provide a comprehensive and detailed report.

IMonitor EAM software, according to accumulation of years and customers feedback, has focused upon the issue of internet abuse monitoring since the beginning of software project. IMonitor EAM features monitor all ineternet abused activities, like adult materials, gaming, personal email, P2P, Facebook, MySpace and more. And as possible as it can, providing an easy way ensures a good office network environment.

Why use IMonitor EAM

* Increase productivity by managing your employees’ web browsing habits
* Protect the network from dangerous downloads in real-time
* Reduce cyberslacking – time wasted by employees online
* Effectively enforce an Internet Usage Policy
* Prevent data leakage through socially-engineered websites

IMonitor EAM key features

* Keep a detail record of each web surfing and web posting.
* Record all email content and attachment.
* Monitor and capture instance messengers’ chat contents and activities.
* Monitor and capture files transferred by web, ftp and IM tools.
* Allow specific application to run.
* Filter certain websites by using keyword and block certain websites.