The annual college basketball frenzy known as March Madness is in full swing. Brackets are feverishly pored over, office pool picks are made and men and women alike argue about the existence of the next “Cinderella”. And then it starts: the passionate tracking of your picks.
When it comes to using company resources (the network, company time, high speed internet) to participate in March Madness, there are two schools of thought. There are those that embrace March Madness and accept that employees will take part, and there are those who clearly think the use of company resources should not be allowed. In either case, custom App-IDs released yesterday will allow you to block March Madness if you’re in that camp, or safely allow it, applying QoS to strike a balance between work and pleasure.
My view is you can strike the right balance and enjoy the Madness while getting your work done. Let’s take a look at the three most common reasons against allowing March Madness.
Regardless of which camp you fall into, our customers can use the custom March Madness App-IDs available now in the Live Community to monitor network use, protecting it from malware and applying QoS as needed to minimize the impact on your business applications.
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