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Thank you for your continued interest in iPrism. Below is a list of significant new features and enhancements included in iPrism v5.0. Each feature has a short description, and a link to further detail.
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Look and Feel, |
iPrism v5.0 GUI elements have a fresh look. Note: if needed, you may install the new Appliance Manager directly from the iPrism v5.0 unit. Therefore, if you experience a problem with Appliance Manager please upgrade first. See Installing Appliance Manager from iPrism. |
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Improved
Upgrade Process for |
The v5.0 upgrade process for both stand-alone and Central Management iPrism units provides improved up-front diagnostics and administrator scheduling options for a predictable and controlled upgrade. More |
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iPrism Automated Rating Protocol (iARP) |
iARP sends customer-specific unrated URLs for inclusion in the iPrism filter list based on the top 100 unrated sites that users have actually surfed, and does so on a repeated basis. More |
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Windows |
Auto-Login enhancements using client-side scripts to perform browser and IM/P2P independent Auto-Login. This feature can significantly reduce the amount of un-authenticated traffic for Web and IM/P2P filtering. More |
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LDAP
Enhancements |
Building on the Auto-Login enhancement above, LDAP Auto-Login has been added. For easier policy implementation, LDAP now supports the same group-to-profile mapping used for Windows Authentication. Lastly, Administrator privileges have been added for LDAP authenticated users, providing access to reports, overrides etc. More |
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Safe-Search |
Safe-Search now provides filtering of thumbnail images in Google image search. More |
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New Categories & |
More content categories and"Local" categories have been added to the Filter-List (iGuard). Description fields for "Locals" are now provided. More |
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Lock ACL |
This allows lock-down of the block and monitor settings for individual categories. This feature can be used "stand-alone" or as part of Delegated Administration (see next). Lock ACL prevents access to inappropriate content even when overrides are allowed. More |
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Delegated |
iPrism policy administration can now be delegated. See the delegated administration overview, with links to related sub-articles explaining specific DA tools and components. More |
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Remote
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iPrism can now be configured to support filtering of remote and mobile users. More |
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iPrism Report Scheduling & Performance |
An option for background reporting has been added to existing interactive and daily/weekly/monthly report scheduling, providing additional flexibility. Also, reporting maintenance performance has been improved significantly. More |
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Managed Enterprise Reporting Server |
Leveraging geographically dispersed "Enterprise Reporting Servers" at co-location facilities, this new service provides centralized, high-performance reporting without the need to purchase an in-house ERS server. More |
