Deerfield.com
Deerfield's software solutions include firewall and virus protection applications, as well as report-based Internet monitoring. Their firewall solutions may also be employed on individual, stand-alone CPUs connected directly to the Internet.

FastTracker
FastTracker is software that ensures Web sites, Web pages, and Web-based e-mail are analyzed and sorted into 30 distinct categories, including computers and Internet, business and industry, job search, online shopping, personal finance, pornography, and hate. FastTracker is available as a hosted service managed on our central servers, or as a software product installed at your site.

FutureSoft
FutureSoft, around since 1982, sells software for filtering and monitoring Internet and Web activity. Their products serve a variety of platforms and applications, from Windows to UNIX to Linux and more. They also offer connect-to-host and firewall solutions.

Internet Manager
This suite of products from Elron helps filter Internet and e-mail useage, as well as provide virus protection and firewall solutions.

IT Zone
The Information Technology (IT) Zone is a technology-focused resource center from Ziff Davis Media, with their expressed role to serve small- to medium-sized businesses. The ITZ contains resident content, links and other resources to expose those with few or no access to IT resources some level of same. From networks to systems to automation to data management to file backups, the ITZ ought to be on your list of must-visits. This site is growing, but has some lofty ideals. If it lives up to its promise, it will make a positive difference on the health of your business.

Microsoft Security
This site from Microsoft is dedicated to enabling the small business and home computer user to protect their computers, networks and files. The site is full of info regarding network security, wireless, firewall management, identity management, and much more. The info available here can help large companies, too, by helping their employees that work from home improve the security of those boxes that interact with networks at work.

From strategies to tactics to specific recommendations, Microsoft has started what may be a decent resource for the manufacturing professional.

Pearl Software
Pearl offers software for monitoring Web use in a multitude of environments, including businesses. Their products offer the option of monitoring PCs either on a network or stand-alone.

SiteAdvisor
Have you heard of SiteAdvisor? It's a plug-in that sends out its agents (or bots) to browse Web sites and checks them for unwanted downloads, spam and spyware. The plug-in even signs up for e-mail newsletters and monitors their frequency and contents. When you download SiteAdvisor, you see its magic on the SERPs of Google, Yahoo and MSN, as the utility adds red, yellow or green badges next to each listing for sites its bots have visited. Sites that are bad news - those that force downloads to your system, spam your brains out or abuse you in some other way - are marked with the red icon. Sites that aren’t dangerous but are suspect are marked yellow. Green denotes that everything checks out and the site is safe. SiteAdvisor may be just the thing to keep your work or home computers clean.

SpectorSoft
While SpectorSoft's marketing message is a bit on the strong side (I mean, cheating spouses?!), their Internet monitoring soulutions might be effective in protecting your business. SpectorSoft offers both monitoring and recording options, for real-time or post-event review.

Spytech
Spytech offers a bit of a different solution to Web and Internet monitoring: their products allow computer owners to monitor and review whatever is or was being done to their machine, live or after the fact. Possibly interesting applications for individual PCs or laptops.

SurfControl
This company has more than just monitoring options to their products. SurfControl's SuperScout suite of products also helps to filter high-bandwidth Web-based applications that can affect your ROI beyond the loss-work-issues.

Websense
Websense is software that works in tandem with your control point for Internet connectivity (fire wall, proxy server, etc.) to generate a report on Web use. Websense is for use on a server; it's not for use on personal or stand-alone PCs. Websense also is available in Spanish and Japanese, as well as english.

WebSpy
OK, so the name and the logo are a bit hokey, but don't let that stop you. WebSpy is, in fact, for real, and they offer a suite of products to protect you and your company's investment through Internet monitoring and report generation.