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I think in most corporates (outside the software industry) it's the other way around. I can't access gmail/hotmail but can access social networks at work (in fi

I think in most corporates (outside the software industry) it's the other way around. I can't access gmail/hotmail but can access social networks at work (in finance).

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jfno67 17y ago
Doing consulting in insurance companies, I can tell you Facebook have been banned for a long time, and twitter more recently. As an outside consultant I have gmail, but the employees sometimes don't have it.
- JohnHarnett 17y ago
  I work in a big insurance corp, Facebook not banned there, but twitter and friendfeed were blocked after they appeared on tv or made the news by getting bought for millions. Blocking remains arbitrary and ineffective as about 2/3rds have iphones or similar. RSS remains the way round all the muscle flexing of IT depts, I'm amazed it hasn't been understood mor
  - sketerpot 17y ago
    I'm guessing the reason RSS isn't cracked down on more is because not enough people are using it. That makes cracking down on it not worth the trouble.
tdm911 17y ago
i've mostly seen similar, though they tend to block webmail and social networking sites. data leakage through people sending out confidential documents via webmail is a real concern for big business.
carbon8 17y ago
My impression has been the opposite, that facebook/myspace/etc are blocked more than webmail. The only recent survey I could find that touched on both social neworking and webmail is this one from august: http://www.scansafe.com/content/employers-crack-down-social-networking-use http://www.scansafe.com/content/employers-crack-down-social-... "76% of companies are choosing to block social networking ... and Webmail (58%)" Of course, if this thing caught on, presumably more companies would block gmail.
qeorge 17y ago
I've asked a couple of friends with corporate jobs, and they said Gmail is usually open but FB is blocked. They also said it doesn't matter, because everyone has a smartphone. Not a great data point, but interesting none the less.
- alagu 17y ago
  These days the main reason for blocking FB - Farmville. It has made people ludicrously unproductive. Next thing we could expect is a Farmville in Gmail.

I think in most corporates (outside the software industry) it's the other way around. I can't access gmail/hotmail but can access social networks at work (in finance).

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jfno67 17y ago

Doing consulting in insurance companies, I can tell you Facebook have been banned for a long time, and twitter more recently. As an outside consultant I have gmail, but the employees sometimes don't have it.

JohnHarnett 17y ago
I work in a big insurance corp, Facebook not banned there, but twitter and friendfeed were blocked after they appeared on tv or made the news by getting bought for millions. Blocking remains arbitrary and ineffective as about 2/3rds have iphones or similar. RSS remains the way round all the muscle flexing of IT depts, I'm amazed it hasn't been understood mor
- sketerpot 17y ago
  I'm guessing the reason RSS isn't cracked down on more is because not enough people are using it. That makes cracking down on it not worth the trouble.

tdm911 17y ago

i've mostly seen similar, though they tend to block webmail and social networking sites. data leakage through people sending out confidential documents via webmail is a real concern for big business.

carbon8 17y ago

My impression has been the opposite, that facebook/myspace/etc are blocked more than webmail. The only recent survey I could find that touched on both social neworking and webmail is this one from august: http://www.scansafe.com/content/employers-crack-down-social-networking-use http://www.scansafe.com/content/employers-crack-down-social-... "76% of companies are choosing to block social networking ... and Webmail (58%)" Of course, if this thing caught on, presumably more companies would block gmail.

qeorge 17y ago

I've asked a couple of friends with corporate jobs, and they said Gmail is usually open but FB is blocked. They also said it doesn't matter, because everyone has a smartphone. Not a great data point, but interesting none the less.

alagu 17y ago
These days the main reason for blocking FB - Farmville. It has made people ludicrously unproductive. Next thing we could expect is a Farmville in Gmail.