Internet Content Filtering for Texas Education Department

8e6 R3000 Internet Filter Takes Over and Saves Sanity - Summary

The 8e6 R3000 Internet Filter, an internet filtering, monitoring and reporting solution helped to save the sanity of users and staff at the Texas Region 17 Education Service Center. Their previous internet content filter product could not effectively meet the demands of over 17,000 network users.

Network Specialist, Kyle Plumlee, found he was being swamped with requests from teachers asking him to block Web sites they deemed unsafe for student viewing. At the same time he was also asked to unblock Web sites that Region 17's then-content filter indiscriminately marked "objectionable." For example, students researching for biology projects or for book reports might put in "sexual life cycle" or "sexism in Shakespeare" and be denied access to these sites because of the word "sex." Not only did this create a slowing process in the educational system, but it was also wreaking havoc on everyone's nerves. "The problem with the old Internet filter was that teachers were constantly calling and e-mailing me to block and unblock sites. It was frustrating to them when I couldn't get to the sites immediately and slowed me down with my other job requirements."

At the same time Region 17 didn't want a system that would block or unblock the requested sites for all the schools just for the one that requested it. The one thing that was needed across all boards, however, was the blocking of Instant Messaging (IM) and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) downloads. With such a large user base, administrators wanted the assurance that bandwidth would not be depleted because of frivolous downloads.

After much research of the content-filtering market, Region 17 decided 8e6 Technologies' R3000 Internet Filter and the 8e6 Enterprise Reporter 3.0 were the best solutions for its needs for high performance, functionality and ease of use and maintenance, at an attractive price. The entire CIPA compliant solution allows the IT administrators a more efficient workday, no longer having to constantly police web surfing and able to offload some internet filtering control to the districts. Plumlee says “Both the R3000 and the Enterprise Reporter are straightforward and uncomplicated internet filtering tools, delivering first-rate performance”.

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