{"id":45,"date":"2010-03-19T10:48:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-19T14:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wavecrestcomputing.com\/?p=45"},"modified":"2010-05-17T13:57:59","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T17:57:59","slug":"march-madness-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wavecrest.net\/index.php\/march-madness-again\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s  baaaacccccckkkkkk! Happens every  year. March Madness, that is. Everybody loves it. (Well, almost everybody.)<\/p>\n<p>The  excitement! The fun! The astounding fast breaks, slam dunks  and three-pointers! And oh yes,  watching it all unfold on your office computer.<\/p>\n<p>Who could  not like it? Well, for  openers, the overworked folks who have to worry about workforce productivity,  bandwidth costs, security issues and legal risks.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s just one of many worrisome  predictions, \u201cFIRST  WEEK OF TOURNEY COULD COST $1.8 BILLION.&#8221; It comes from the Challenger March Madness  Report. The report also  states, &#8220;The men&#8217;s college basketball tournament, better known as March Madness,  marks the arrival of several other annual rituals: employee-organized office  pools, a potential dip in productivity and a marked decline in Internet speed,  as workers soak up bandwidth watching live streaming broadcasts of the  tournament games during office hours.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Not exactly good  news for businesses and government agencies during this time of troublesome  economic conditions and serious budget worries.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe it\u2019s time to  revisit your AUP and rebrief your workers on the negative impact their fun could  have on the organization and ultimately on their own job security. And if your organization doesn\u2019t already  have a robust\u00a0Internet usage management solution in place, it may just be  time to look into it seriously.<\/p>\n<p>Wavecrest&#8217;s Control List includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBSSports.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">NCAA.com<\/a> under the Sports category, and for those using Cyfin, access to these sites will be monitored under Sports. If you want to only block and\/or monitor the live video, you can create a custom category to block and\/or monitor <a href=\"https:\/\/mmod.ncaa.com\/?ttag=MMOD10_tv_all_cspt_na_drop_0001player\" target=\"_blank\">www.ncaasports.com\/mmod\/player<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s baaaacccccckkkkkk! Happens every year. March Madness, that is. Everybody loves it. (Well, almost everybody.) The excitement! The fun! The astounding fast breaks, slam dunks and three-pointers! 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