iPrevision testimonials “First of all, let me tell you that your system has MANY more benefits than I had ever thought. At the time I signed up I was just excited to finally be able to stop people from going to websites and downloading things that were harming my system (games, my space, etc.). That in itself is enough of a benefit. Little did I know that I would get a discount on my Employment Related Practices Liability Insurance for having this system in place. We didn't tell the company about the program we had, because it honestly didn't occur to me to do so until we had an incident. Here's what happened: We had an employee in one of our branch offices who did several things we caught and were able to document. First, she was on the internet playing quite a bit. Second, we found that she was sending out job applications and resumes using our computer system during her work time. The final straw was, after being reprimanded for these, and told that any further incidents would result in her being dismissed, she actually went to her manager's computer when the manager wasn't there and was doing exactly the same thing. Unfortunately for her I was training her manager at that exact time on how to use iPrevision so the manager of the branch was standing right next to me. The employee was dismissed the next morning. The employee then attempted to file several claims. Wrongful termination being the first one. Then with the state she said she was let go for "lack of work" and because of "unreasonable demands". I was able to thoroughly disprove all of this so simply and easily. No stress, no problems. She went away very quietly after hearing about what I was able to print out and document. Both the insurance company and the State of Washington Employment Security Department were very impressed with the Internet security.” Heidi Duncan Duncan & Associates Insurance Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska. Olympia, WA "Agent of the Year" “The iPrevision device proved to be one of the best purchases we made in 2007. Previously we had employees who could not make budget and/or complete tasks in a reasonable amount of time. It was suspected that they were spending too much time on the internet. Since our purchase, we can now block internet sites, restrict internet usage to designated times (i.e., lunch), generate reports indicating how much time employees spent and on what sites, as well as, monitoring instant messaging. These reports have provided the information we needed to enforce our computer use policy. Our productivity has increased so much that we were able to decrease the size of our staff! The iPrevision team has also provided us with outstanding technical support.” Brandi Schoenvogel Oldenettel and Dies Houston, TX "When we first purchased iPrevision, it was strictly a 'preventative-maintenance' purchase. The installation was simple and began working immediately! Because it is hardware-based, there was no installation at each workstation. It is invisible to the users and monitors web sites, proxy servers, instant messaging, and allows the blocking of unacceptable websites either for all for one user. We were certain that our employees wouldn't take advantage of the agency. Within a couple of days, however, we were more than a little surprised to find some employees spending hours per day surfing the web, checking MySpace, instant messaging friends, streamlining their favorite radio shows and music, planning vacations, shopping, and looking for love. We monitored it for a month or so and then began counseling those indivduals who had abused the system. From that point to date, we have only had very minor infractions and we're confident that after our initial shock at the abuse, iPrevision has become a preventative-maintenance program in our office. We have found it to be of great value and it has saved us a great deal of money now that our employees are working again! It was a good wake up call to remind us that you must in-spect what you ex-pect." Barbara Partee Partee Insurance Associates, Inc. Covina, CA. “iPrevision has been a wise investment for our agency in Colorado. We are able to monitor internet usage for our employees. Being able to block internet sites has taken away the temptation for employees that in the past had been on personal email and My Space during work hours. Production has increased from the staff. The unit itself and program is easy to utilize. We can check on web usage and email of staff at our desktop at any time. The service provided for setup as well as questions on features provided has been exceptional as well. I would recommend this program for any agency owner.” Pam Horan T. Charles Wilson Insurance Denver, CO “Our company has more than one location and only one manager to oversee all employees. It is reassuring to know that one person does not have to be in all places, at all times to ensure employee compliance with company policies. The service provided by iPrevision has been excellent. Their product has proven to be very valuable and is well worth the investment.” Sharyn Maldonado Petra Risk Management Cerritos, CA “Our agency installed an iPrevision box at the end of December 2006. Immediately I was able to monitor web sites being accessed and block where employees were spending agency time on personal sites. A few months later iPrevision added SMTP mail monitoring. This has been a huge help in many areas. My favorite is to drastically cut out spam that has passed through both AppRiver and our firewall. Even with AppRiver catching an average of 98% of spam, there is still some that gets through. By going through the iPrevision SMTP logs, I am able to add domains to the AppRiver blocked sender list. This has cut down on about 75% more of the spam that used to go in the in boxes. iPrevision is a very valuable tool for any company that needs the internet and email to do business. iPrevision works, it is the best tool that our agency has purchased since dual monitors.” Lori Bennett Protectors Insurance Medford, OR "Gathering information through the reports is so quick and user friendly. In moments our office can locate any information we want be it on an individual's use or the entire office. The setup was a simple process and the information gathered almost immediately was invaluable. This is such an important tool for our business that I can't imagine how we operated without it!" Megan Ham Western Transportation Insurance Folsom, CA Before iPrevision we had NO IDEA what our staff was doing on their work machines during working hours. We had a policy that they were not supposed to use the internet for personal reasons. They signed this policy stating they understood and would abide by it. We hooked up the iPrevision machine and did not tell anyone....the most frequented website in the office was myspace.com! It was also surprising to find out who the violators were in the office. Since we made the announcement that we had a device to monitor activity and we have blocked many popular websites we have seen an up tick in productivity in the office. My favorite thing about iPrevision is the support they provide. They go above and beyond any time I have had a question on the product and the installation of it. They are great! Karyn Seibert Roeling, CPCU Seibert Insurance Agency Tampa, FL I knew we had some issues before I created our “Technology Use Policy”. When we created these guidelines I explained our new monitoring system and gave our staff some statistics on the internet use from the previous month. They now know what is monitored… websites, email, web mail – we don’t have issues anymore.We continue to get bombarded with new subscription services that add value to our business and I try to keep these expenses to a minimum. The internet use monitoring service through iPrevision is one that I think is a must. Dan Zeiler Zeiler Insurance Services Alsip, IL Before we implemented the Panoptech device, we were sure that the amount of personal internet usage was slowly rising in our office. After running it for awhile, those that we never suspected of surfing the web were the top offenders. It’s pretty eye-opening to see the amount of time spent on non-business web use throughout the day. Given today’s marketplace, we cannot afford to pay people to surf the web during business hours. Carol Kowalski VML Insurance Grand Rapids, MI We use iPrevision to block undesirable websites and also to eliminate the temptation to spend excessive time on the web for personal use. It has been a great tool for both. The installation was a "snap" and the ongoing service provided is incredible! Jeffri Northcut Van Zandt, Emrich & Cary Louisville, KY We decided we needed some kind of employee internet management solution after multiple incidents involving the same employee. We chose Panoptech by iPrevision because it’s the easiest to use, the reports are simple, and nothing needs to be loaded on each workstation. The device was up and running in our agency in less than 15 minutes. It’s an extremely valuable tool. Dana Nulty-Beals Nulty Insurance Kalamazoo, MI "We have been very happy with the device since implementation and everything is running smoothly in our office. The thing I love is that it does everything you advertise it to do, and when you do the online demo you are seeing exactly what the product does and can do. It makes it easy to purchase when you are comfortable that you know exactly what you are getting.” Sandy Bardwell The Campbell Group Grand Rapids, MI We established 'cyber cafes' at each location that isolated any personal internet use from our data side. We allowed usage on these computers for personal internet during their breaks & lunch time. In doing this, it greatly decreased the personal usage on our data system side....although we did still have some random personal usage which got reported to the manger in charge. My belief is that we are a society of immediate information in one form or another and restricting this from everyone would be very hard....in the same token we have a lot of confidential information at risk. By allowing this freedom through the cyber cafe, we are saying to our staff we know you need to check your bank statements, child's grades, etc - we just need to do it safely so this was really was an easy transition for us. Sharlene Hilderman Fischer, Rounds & Associates, Inc. Pierre, SD