nope, just a pretty big enterprise software company.  I don't think I
should mention the name...

On Feb 27, 5:37 pm, Steven Herod <steven.he...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Do you work for a bank?
>
> We had everything you mention at the insurance company I worked at.
>
> On Feb 28, 7:24 am, "phil.swen...@gmail.com" <phil.swen...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am curious... I work for a large software vendor and our policies
> > are:
>
> > -windows only (XP)
> > -outside IM is banned (we have internal jabber server)
> > -mandatory software that tracks every piece of software installed on
> > your machine
> > -manual proxy that tracks every outgoing web url (no banned urls tho)
> > -skype is strictly forbidden
> > -no use of SaaS software for company information
> > -virus checker on every machine, including servers (kills performance
> > on builds)
> > -encrypted harddrives
> > -itunes is banned
> > -VPN policy forces all traffic to be routed over internet
>
> > The reasons behind this are supposedly that the company must track all
> > information for legal purposes.
>
> > So I'm curious - do companies like Google, Oracle, Microsoft, Intel
> > have policies like this?

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