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  Can social networking co-exist with the workplace? | Tech News on ZDNet 

  http://news.zdnet.com/2010-9588_22-6223458.html

  Tags: Eric J. Sinrod , Corporate & legal , Social Networking , Workplace , Employee , Network , Barracuda Networks , Internet , Productivity , Recruitment & Selection , Viruses And Worms , Human Resources ... , Workforce Management , Security With Facebook and MySpace.com participation growing by leaps and bounds, social-networking sites are making their way into the workplace too. Is that a good thing? Not necessarily if you ask the employers who regularly block employee access to such sites. Indeed, a recent analysis of data submitted by thousands of Barracuda Networks' Web Filter customers finds that about half the businesses using these filters are setting up blocks to MySpace, Facebook, and other such sites. Barracuda also reported that 21 percent of the businesses it surveyed actively monitor their employees' Internet activities. At first blush that may sound like a corporate version of Big Brother, but employers do have legitimate reasons to worry. Their chief concern is the potenti   [More...] [Less...]

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