WebSpy Vantage Software

Analysis & Reporting Solution

WebSpy Vantage Software Vantage is WebSpy's award-winning analysis and reporting product range that provides an interactive reporting interface into all areas of Internet, email and network usage within an organization. Using Vantage organizations can monitor and report on, not only Internet usage and web browsing behavior, but also; email usage, instant messaging, event logs, routers, website visitor traffic, firewalls, antivirus and anti-spam applications.

One Size Fits All - Small Business to Large Enterprize Organizations

Vantage - Internet, Email, Network & Security Analysis and Reporting

WebSpy's Vantage Ultimate will suit small through to enterprise size organizations, government departments and educational institutions.

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Vantage provides detailed, customizable and actionable reports on:

Web Browsing behavior
Email traffic
Website visitor traffic
Event Logs
Switches, Routers & Firewalls
Anti-Virus & Anti-Malware solutions

Vantage Overview:

Why use Vantage?

Maximize Employee Productivity
Minimize Bandwidth Cost
Reduce Legal Liability
Reduce Need for Blocking & Enhance Workplace Morale
Get Reliable Website Statistics
Strengthen Security Controls
Improve Network Management
Easily & Securely Distribute Reports throughout Organization

Vantage is WebSpy’s award-winning analysis and reporting product range that provides an interactive reporting interface into all areas of Internet, email and network usage within an organization. Using Vantage organizations can monitor and report on, not only Internet usage and web browsing behavior, but also; email usage, instant messaging, event logs, routers, website visitor traffic, firewalls, antivirus and anti-spam applications.

Vantage empowers you to see it all with intuitive, easy to use navigation and powerful drill down capabilities, making it possible to get to the root of the problem. Vantage assists organizations in identifying Internet and email misuse, identifying and resolving network problems and download issues, strengthening security controls, preserving bandwidth, minimizing litigation risks, and identifying the source of data loss or damage.

Visit our Add-on section on tab to find out more about WebSpy's add-on software that can complement and improve your use of Vantage.

WebSpy Vantage is simple to use, easy to install, and puts you in full control.

Vantage Drilldown And Trend Reporting

Technical Information:

Minimum requirements:

Microsoft® Windows®, XP, Server 2003 SP1, Vista, Server 2008, Windows 7.

Microsoft® .NET Framework 2.0

Recommended requirements:

64 bit Windows operating system

2 GHz CPU or faster

4 GB RAM or above

Microsoft® Word Viewer 2003 or above (free download) to run Microsoft® Word reports

Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher to view HTML (MHT) reports

Microsoft® MDAC 2.8 or higher (to import from an SQL database)

An Internet connection capable of accessing XML web services (to receive automatic updates)

Minimum requirements - Vantage Web Module (part of Vantage Ultimate):

Windows Server 2003 (with 'Application Server' role with ASP.NET enabled), or

Windows XP (with IIS Windows Component), or

Windows Vista (With IIS Windows Component with ASP.NET and IIS6 Management Compatibility installed), or

Windows Server 2008 (with Application Server and Web Server roles, with ASP.NET and II6 Management Compatibility installed), or

Windows 7 (With IIS Windows Component with ASP.NET and IIS6 Management Compatibility installed)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

2 GHz CPU or faster

2GB RAM or more

Recommended requirements - Vantage Web Module (part of Vantage Ultimate):

64 bit Windows operating system

2 GHz CPU or faster

2 GB RAM or above

Upgrading from Vantage 2.1:

If you are upgrading from Vantage 2.1, you have the option to migrate across your old settings files. These files include your Storages, Aliases, Profiles, and Templates. This is achieved using the Settings Migration Wizard which is found under Tools | Migrate Settings in the main menu.

Screenshots:

Home Screen (Vantage Ultimate)	Drilling Down Into Data	Drilldown - Cisco Security Report
Drilldown - Firewall Rules	Drilldown - Search Terms	Report Screen
Report Customization	Aliases - Departments	Aliases - File Extensions
Aliases - Status Codes	Aliases - Subnets	Aliases - User Agents
Aliases - User Names	Porfiles - Sport	Tasks - Generate Reports
Organization Screen	Import Organization Wizard	Supported Log Formats

Videos:

Overview

Since 1999 WebSpy has been helping organizations understand their internet usage by providing easily generated and meaningful reports on downloads, browsing and email traffic. Whilst WebSpy support many vendors this video is focusing on the advantages of using WebSpy Vantage with Cisco IronPort to increase productivity, reduce costs and encourage sensible Internet usage.

How to use WebSpy Vantage to report on IronPort log files

PART 1: Importing log files & exploring your IronPort summaries

Once you have exported your IronPort access logs, this video takes you through importing your logs into WebSpy Vantage and analyzing data on the Summaries screen.

PART 2: Opening the customized IronPort Templates & Aliases, and running reports

Once you have exported your IronPort access logs, this video takes you through importing your logs into WebSpy Vantage and analyzing data on the Summaries screen.

PART 3: Importing your Organization structure & generating department reports

This video shows you how to import your organizational structure into WebSpy Vantage from a directory server (such as Active Directory) using LDAP, and then generating a report that contains information on your newly imported departments.

PART 4: Using the Web Module

This video takes you through configuring and using the WebSpy Vantage Web Module. Specifically, it takes you through the following tasks:

Configuring the Web Module for Windows Authentication
Adding a Web Module to Vantage
Publishing reports to the Web Module
Adding permissions for a user
Synchronizing the Web Module
Using the Dynamic Reports tab

PART 5: A quick word about tasks & conclusion

This video summarizes the actions taken in the previous four videos and also briefly discusses how to automate the reporting processing using scheduled tasks.