6. Make sure all of your employees are using the latest version of Internet Explorer. It ensures all employees launching IE6 or IE7 are automatically redirected to the IE8 download site and restricted from all other Web access.
7. Ensure high priority & fix bandwidth to all critical applications, such as Live Meeting, Salesforce.com® and SharePoint®, over unproductive Web surfing which improves business productivity.
8. Block unproductive peer-to-peer (P2P) applications such as BitTorrent, which often used to download unlicensed versions of copyrighted media, and can quickly consume huge bandwidth.
9. Visualize Your Application Traffic What’s happening on your network? Who’s wasting my bandwidth? Why is your network so slow? Visualization provides administrators with Instant feedback on your Network.
10. Block new age Social networking applications such as Facebook, Twitter intelligently. You may want to let marketing personnel update the company’s Facebook page, but not allow them to play Facebook games like Farmville.
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