Software developers target the corporate market's desire to know when and where employees surf.
That's bad news for companies concerned about the costs associated with lost time and misuse of company resources. In response, developers of Internet filtering and monitoring software are quickly building tools for the corporate market. Currently about 50 percent of U.S. companies have standard guidelines for acceptable Internet use. Meanwhile, about 30 percent monitor employee usage, according to SurfWatch. The first message that companies need to get across to employees is that accessing the Internet is no different from using a company's copy machine or a telephone, according to SurfWatch.