Spector360.com >>> Awards/Press Mentions
 Spector 360 has been named "Best Surveillance Software" by Network Products Guide, a leading publication dedicated to technology solutions.
In their annual Best Products and Services review, Spector 360 was singled out for "bringing employee monitoring to the forefront of the industry because of its ability to track, via easy-to-read charts and graphs, everything a user does at the PC and on the Internet.”
Read the entire review online at:
http://www.networkproductsguide.com/best/2008/SpectorSoft.html
 Spector 360 has been awarded PC Magazine Editors' Choice in a June 2008 review. In awarding the product four and a half stars, author Matthew Sarrel, called Spector 360 "better than anything else I have tested" and "mature."
The in-depth analysis began by discussing why employers should use products like Spector 360 to detect if employees are misusing computing resources noting, "If installed before your problems begin, monitoring software may prevent malfeasance, because employees know they are being watched."
Mr. Sarrel commented that installing Spector 360 was a breeze, "the server components took less than half an hour" and the Client Deployment Utility is a "straightforward, well-documented wizard."
The article discussed Spector 360's many monitoring features and in-depth reports stating, "the software really began to show its excellence at internal espionage." While discussing Data Loss Prevention, a growing issue that employers face, Sarrel noted, "Talk about an audit trail! The system is powerful enough to uncover data loss by tracking users sending sensitive files as attachments or copying them to removable storage devices such as USB keys, iPods, or CDs." He also liked Spector 360's unique Keyword Alerts saying, "This feature works well, and alerts were typically e-mailed in a few minutes."
The reviewer highlighted 360's built in reporting functionality saying, "The product's comprehensive reporting features really make it stand apart from the crowd….Spector 360 gives you a full-fledged application with plenty of text reports, charts, and graphs. If you've chosen to capture everything, as I recommend, you can slice and dice by application, user, Web sites visited—almost by anything you can imagine."
Mr. Sarrel concludes by saying, "I'd be hard-pressed to find any major deficiencies in Spector 360. I've been following this space for years, and I think this is the most mature product in the class. And it's likely to get better."
Read the entire review online at:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2320460,00.asp
 SpectorSoft Corporation's Partner Program was certified as a Gold 5-Star Overall Winner in the VARBusiness 2008 Partner Program Guide.
The CMP Channel publication acknowledged the commitment and strength of SpectorSoft's partner program for its Channel resellers, IT integrators, and technology consultants. SpectorSoft was also certified as a Silver 5-Star Winner in the Marketing, Support, Channel Operations, and Partner Recruitment elements of the awards program. Inclusion in the "Gold 5-Star" category places SpectorSoft in good company. Some of last year's winners included CA, Cisco, Citrix, HP, Fujitsu, and IBM.
 SpectorSoft's Spector 360 PC and Internet activity monitoring software was one of three finalists for "Best Software Solution" at the CMP XChange Tech Innovators show October 7-9 in Miami, FL.Nominees included FalconStor, and VMWare.
At the same event, SpectorSoft's live Spector 360 demo was nominated as a finalist for "Best XChange Appointment Demonstration."Other nominees included FalconStor, and HP.
The show's field of nearly 50 vendors included such industry powerhouses as AMD, Citrix, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo, Lexmark, McAfee, Toshiba, and Xerox.
 Calling SpectorSoft one of the "Standouts" at CMP XChange '07 conference in Orlando, Computer Reseller News placed the company's Spector 360 on their list of "14 Hot Products". According to the editors, "The latest release of its PC monitoring and employee surveillance software adds several features, including the ability to block or allow entire categories of Web sites via centralized policy management and the ability to block specific Internet chat or instant messaging contacts."
 Spector 360 has been awarded 5 Stars by PC Pro magazine and receives the official "PC Pro Recommended" seal.
The review calls Spector 360 "invaluable in detecting computer misuse and security issues". During their evaluation, reviewers found Spector 360 to be "easy to install" and noted that "good security practice means monitoring and reporting is essential".
 Wall Street Journal writer Katherine Wegert, featured SpectorSoft in a recent article about how important it is for businesses to keep up with what is new and pick technology that can monitor, filter and block access to inappropriate Web sites, e-mails and instant messaging systems. The WSJ article covered one of SpectorSoft customers', Ajax Boiler Inc., experiences.
Ajax found one of their 100 employees bringing a rival's proprietary information into their system and another reading the HR manager's e-mail.
According to the article, "Both staff members would have escaped notice if it weren't for a recent upgrade to Ajax's security software. The product, made by Vero Beach, Fla. based SpectorSoft Corp., essentially records everything employees do on their computers including Web sites they have visited, time spent looking at a site, e-mails they have sent, and more."
The piece, which also appeared in the Associated Press, WSJ.com, BusinessWeek.com, Forbes, and YahooFinance.com continued, "The greatest risk to company security now comes from within, security analysts say. In the past, the threat has been mostly from spammers and hackers. Employers are increasingly relying on advanced software to protect their systems against the new threats."
"Monitoring is becoming more prevalent now than it has been," said Gartner analyst Peter Firstbrook, adding that both the insider threat and compliance issues are driving the growth. "People sending things to themselves or stealing intellectual property is a real concern."
That's why analysts say that it is important for businesses to keep up with what's new and pick technology that can monitor, filter, block access to inappropriate Web sites and purge e-mails and instant messaging systems.
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