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To: mtnres who wrote (11)	7/24/2003 10:05:04 AM
From: mtnres	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 25

Didn't get a chance to get by ARES offices yesterday but will be in Vegas today and tomorrow too. Hopefully I can do a driveby. In the interim, here's a bit of info regarding Montel and his business: Story printed on: June 2,2003 Business: Technology Web-snooping trends hit Rock River Valley By ANNA VOELKER ‚ Rockford Register Star Rock River Valley businesses are watching what their workers do more these days, thanks to affordable technology. They can watch employees through Web cameras and monitor their e-mails. Employees say that’s to be expected and that personal stuff should be done on personal time. Ray Montelongo, owner of Montel Technologies in Rockford, installs technology at hotels across the country. He offers high-speed Internet and monitoring software for his clients. “I think it should be done because there’s definitely a lot of nonwork being done,” said Montel, 27. “Companies are losing a lot money based on personal usage. People are getting on doing e-mails to their friends and surfing the Web.” Montel said companies can tell by user name and password who’s doing what on their computers at work. He said this software — which can range to the “very cheap into the thousands” — is advantageous for larger corporations with hundreds of employees because bosses can’t be aware of everything their workers are doing. He said the latest trend for employers is to monitor employees with cameras that can be accessed in real time from any Web browser. Montelongo said employers should also be reasonable. That it should be OK for workers to use the Internet for personal use during breaks, or before and after work. At OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center, the last newsletter discussed the issue of Internet and e-mail use among employees. Parent company Order of Saint Francis in Peoria wrote that 50 percent of Internet use organizationwide is not related to work. Yahoo and local news pages are among the top visited sites. Saint Anthony spokesman Gregory Alford said that percentage seems high because often employees use those type of sites for work purposes. And sometimes, company e-mails tell employees to visit certain sites to read about a fellow OSF employee or other job-related reasons. Still, it’s a concern within the hospital. “I don’t think we have a lot of problems, but it’s something we have to continue to stay on top of and watch usage. It’s something that’s tracked in an overall sense. If someone goes to a Web page and there’s a key word that’s an inappropriate word, it will get flagged. People are warned.”