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Pearl Echo Product Comparison

Pearl Echo•Suite provides customers with a rich set of features to manage employee Internet access in a host of network environments. In addition, key Pearl Echo•Suite functions are available as stand-alone modules which can be purchased individually for more targeted use. The following is a list of major feature differences between Pearl Echo•Suite and available product modules.

Protocol Filtering, Monitoring and Control Echo•Suite Website•Echo IM•Echo
Web
      HTTP
      HTTPS
Ftp
E-mail
      POP-3
      SMTP
      IMAP
      Exchange Mail
      Novell GroupWise Mail
      Blog Content / Web-Mail
News (NNTP)
Chat
      Internet Relay Chat
      Web-Chat
      Blog Content
Instant Messaging (IM)
      AIM
      MSN Messenger
      Microsoft Messenger Service
      Windows Live Messenger
      Yahoo!
      ICQ
      ICQ Lite
      Novell GroupWise IM

Access Controls Echo•Suite Website•Echo IM•Echo
Available Echo•Filters™
Administrator Defined Allow/White Lists
Administrator Defined Block/Black Lists
Administrator Defined Keyword Controls
      Block Content Transmission
      Audit Content Transmission
Pearl Software Starter Block List
Real-time Document Decoding and Scanning
PICs Rating System
Access Profiles based on Users and Groups
Time Controls Configured for:
      Controlled and Monitored Access
      Blocked and Monitored Access
      Free and Unmonitored Access
      Free and Monitored Access
Restrict Access to Secure Web Sites (HTTPS)

Reporting Echo•Suite Website•Echo IM•Echo
Enterprise-Class Report Manager
Report Categories
      General Statistics
6 Web Specific
5 IM Specific
      Top 10
2 Web Specific
1 IM Specific
      Top N
2 Web Specific
1 IM Specific
      Top Percent
2 Web Specific
1 IM Specific
      Time On Line
11 Web Specific
      Cost On Line
11Web Specific
      User Statistics
6 Web Specific
5 IM Specific
      Machine Statistics
6 Web Specific
5 IM Specific
      Custom
Distributed Reporting Console
Active Directory Report Groups
Custom Report Groups
Interactive Report Generation
Report Scheduler
Automatic Report Distribution
      File System Save
      Built-in Emailer
Configurable Report Format (Word, Excel, PDF, Crystal, XML, etc.)

Configuration Echo•Suite Website•Echo IM•Echo
Server-Centric User-Level Management
      Terminal Server
      Citrix Server
            Desktop Applications
            Published Applications
Mobility Monitor™ for Roaming Users
Secure Self-Maintaining Agent
Tamper Detection
SQL Server Integration
Active Directory-Aware
Novell User Detection
Content Restoration
User Warning Message
Web Page Redirection on Block
Vista Restricted Access Compatible
Privileged Data Protection
Data Maintenance
      Automatic Data Archive
      Optional Data Purge
Server Console
     Administrator Level Logon
     User/Restricted Level Logon
Integrated Health Monitoring Support