A graduate of Belaruski Dziarzhauny Universitet (Belarusian National Technical University) in Minsk, young Valery Kuzniatsou is a self-taught expert in Windows security issues (including NT user/kernel mode) and a programmer uniquely skilled at putting versatile applications in compact software packages. Yet for years HeavenWard, Valery’s company, distributed security products as “donation ware.”
But that was part of the trial-and-error learning curve Valery followed as he discovered how to survive as an entrepreneur in the former socialist economy—and to go on to market his software products successfully to the wider capitalist world. Now HeavenWard has released its first stable, general release version of Emonit, a versatile employee monitor aimed at providing mid-size companies a simple and easy way to start and run an employee monitoring program.
Employee monitoring is legal in the US and elsewhere when implemented properly and is adopted increasingly by companies seeking to cut wasted web-browsing hours, spot risky behaviors, and enforce company policies. Mr. Kuzniatsou has positioned eMonit versus competing products by emphasizing its affordability and simplicity. In addition, HeavenWard offers useful practical guidance on its eMonit web site on how to set up a monitoring program. Of course, users of any employee monitoring system should make sure it complies with the laws of their country.
eMonit is a comprehensive suite of monitoring tools in an easy-to-use format offered at a competitive price. eMonit features summary pie charts of all monitored functions for a quick initial overview of activity on monitored PCs. From there, users can easily navigate to details, for example, to logs of web browsing or keystrokes, where they can use convenient filters to find desired information fast.
eMonit sends updated logs to the employer’s administrative panel every 60 seconds. Employers can review the applications run on a monitored computer in several forms: a chronological log of which program was in focus at any specific time, a summary of the total time each application was in focus, or a summary of the number of times each program was opened. Program names and full paths are displayed. eMonit logs web browsing chronologically, recording the browser used, page title, and URL of each page visited. eMonit shows keystrokes chronologically along with the program names and active windows in which they were made. Users can also search keystroke logs for specific text. When screenshots are enabled, images taken at regular intervals are displayed in a sequence of thumbnail links that open the screen captures.
Kuzniatsou designed eMonit , like all HeavenWard software, to make installing and running it simple and intuitive. HeavenWard provides customer support through a PDF installation guide, online FAQs, and a messaging app within the administrator panel users can use to send questions directly to eMonit Support.
Minimum system requirements for running eMonit on Windows XP through Windows 8 PCs and servers are light. Log files on monitored PCs are encrypted. Employers will benefit from HeavenWard’s practical guidance on why companies should monitor employees and how they can start a monitoring program. See http://www.hwsuite.com/employee-monitor/why-monitor-employees.php.
Interested parties can try or buy eMonit 2.9.0.0 by visiting http://www.hwsuite.com/employee-monitor/.
