Data downloaded by the browser when visiting websites has long gone unchecked by IT administrators, but recent events have highlighted the importance of understanding and managing this. Avanite WebData Control is the only software that can provide businesses with a complete solution to managing internet data, widely considered the next big problem to surface in enterprise.
Avanite WebData Control
What is the problem with web data?
When a user browses a website, data such as cookies are downloaded and stored to their local machine. Much of this is purely for the benefit of third parties who are using it for targeted advertising and to track user behaviour. This data has long been ignored but is starting to be recognised as a major issue for enterprises who are concerned about cyber-crime. Along with this, it is negatively affecting businesses on a daily basis, driving increased infrastructure costs and degrading the user experience with slow logon times and increased support requirements.
The solution: Avanite WebData Control
Avanite WebData Control fully addresses the issue of web data in enterprise environments. It gives administrators complete control over whether to keep or remove data downloaded to machines based on a series of centrally configured rules. Company sensitive data stays within the business and unnecessary data storage and transfer is reduced. Offering complete cookie management, Avanite WebData Control is the essential business solution to tackle this growing issue.
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Features and benefits of Avanite WebData Control
Reporting
The first part of managing any data is knowing what the data actually is. WebData Control can report on any machine in your environment and show which cookies have been downloaded to the machine, the cookie type, and crucially where that cookie has been downloaded from. In addition, it is also able to audit what data has been deleted from the device and what has been retained according to your configuration.
Reduce Infrastructure Requirements
The problem of storing web data has been highlighted by changes in Internet Explorer and Windows. Microsoft’s decision to move to an associated wecachev01.dat database has seen storage requirements rocket. The problem of excess data extends across browsers, possibly storing the same data over and over again. The large databases associated with web data need a lot of storage space and place strain on SAN performance, particularly during common logon times. By dramatically reducing the size of the web databases, less storage is required, network utilisation is reduced and user experience improved.
Complete Cookie Management
Manage all elements associated with web data and achieve complete administrative control over cookies. Centrally define which cookies are to be stored and which deleted, reducing the cookie count to only the essentials. Preserving only the required data delivers an improved experience for both administrators and end users.
Enhanced User Experience
Excess data in a user profile directly impacts on the user experience. In virtual environments, logon times are impacted when databases become bloated as the user data has to be transferred across the network as part of this profile. Businesses have realised up to 70% better logon times with WebData Control, resulting in happier, more productive users, and lower support requirements.
Improve System Security
Traditional methods of tidying up web data, such as clearing browser cache’s does not truly remove this data. Some of this can contain sensitive information such as usernames and passwords to critical systems. WebData Control removes this data and helps to maintain privacy within a business.
Multiple Browser Support
Each day brings with it more websites, more web-based applications, and more cloud based solutions. In addition there are multiple ways of creating a website. All this means that no one browser is able to correctly render all the websites needed within a business. WebData Control is able to control data across all common browsers:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• Microsoft Edge
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox