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The 2010 FIFA World Cup games begin today and will run until July 11.\u00a0 Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a research firm that deals with lost workplace productivity, ranks the World Cup as one of the biggest time wasters in the workplace worldwide.\u00a0 And it’s not just time that World Cup viewers will suck up in the workplace.\u00a0 Bandwidth consumption will also increase with the availability of video streaming of the games.<\/p>\n

While the World Cup ranks number 4 in the US as a top time waster behind March Madness, the Super Bowl and Fantasy Football, it will still cost American companies about $121.7 million in lost productivity.\u00a0 The British economy, however, is looking to lose about $7.36 billion in productivity, according to the British law firm Brabners Chaffe Street.<\/p>\n

Wavecrest\u2019s Cyfin and CyBlock products and services help all types of organizations manage and control employee Web activity. Cyfin and CyBlock products<\/a> do this by monitoring and\/or filtering employees\u2019 Web use and reporting on the activity by content categories, e.g., sports, social networking, games, and others.\u00a0Of particular note, with regard to the World Cup, CyBlock products can be set up to block Web access by categories and by hour so employees can access sports sites on their lunch break or after hours. This approach can help sustain morale while minimizing lost productivity and bandwidth associated with the World Cup.<\/p>\n

Sources:
\nhttps:\/\/blogs.reuters.com\/shop-talk\/2010\/06\/08\/world-cup-is-no-march-madness-in-sapping-productivity\/<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/kansascity\/blog\/2010\/06\/world_cup_promises_some_kick_to_productivity_apps_aim_to_help.html<\/a>
\nhttps:\/\/www.usnews.com\/usnews\/biztech\/articles\/060608\/8worldcup.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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