ContentWatch turns on the light.

• Author: Beers, Heather
• Position: Tech Talk

EVER WONDERED WHAT'S LURKING on your network? Cached in some forgotten subdirectory, "skin-tillating" files downloaded from an undesirable site... the meanderings of an employee...a potential lawsuit waiting to happen?

Wonder no more -- ContentWatch sheds light on all things shady As a leading provider of content control solutions for Internet material offerings, the Bluffdale-based company is launching a suite of content control applications that can detect, monitor and filter objectionable web content for small businesses.

ContentWatch has already established itself in the consumer market, offering four tiers of products that allow home computer users to monitor and filter Internet use.

ContentAudit, a free web-based product, performs a quick scan of the user's system to provide a cursory indication of objectionable material. ContentCleanup removes objectionable material from the PC. ContentMonitor provides thorough reports of computer usage, including chat activity. Finally, ContentProtect is a customizable filter that blocks objectionable material.

"We have 23 million users of our free product, ContentAudit, and 150,000 paying customers for our other products in 165 countries. With 8 million unique visitors per month, ContentWatch ranks 147 out of 30 million web sites worldwide," says Ralph Harding, ContentWatch president.

Founded in October 2001, ContentWatch has seen steady increase in monthly revenues, growing from an initial $30,000 a month to $400,000-plus. Harding attributes the rapid growth in part to qualified employees who have...