Netsweeper Additional Features

Netsweeper Additional Features

What additional feature are obtained by migrating to Netsweeper?

Lenovo NetFilter is based upon the filtering technology from Netsweeper using their nFilter and nClient technologies. With this migration, you will get important additional functionality. 
  1. iOS, Android, BYOD, and IOT are all supported in addition to supporting Windows, MacOS, and Chromebooks.  
  2. Customers can choose between a cloud or on-premise appliance (additional hardware costs for on-premise solutions) 
  3. Mixed device environments are supported 
  4. The solution can scale to any size network 
  5. Complex filtering is supported (specialized DNS or Proxy, fully customized filtering options) 
  6. Fully customizable parent portal 
  7. Ability to upgrade to OnGuard or OnGuard Plus reporting. (additional costs)


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