The fusion of computer and communications technology is just bringing a radical structural transformation to the business society. The dimensions of this revolution are so vast that none can easily discern. The emergence of a new networked computerized workplace will finally fulfill the mission of information integration where the weaving together of all the computers enables every authorized employee in a company to exploit fully the resources scattered all over the information environment. TupView 2.2, the latest product developed by the Tup Software Ltd., is intended to provide a topview for a small & medium business owner/executive who is in need gaining real-time insight/control over the every detailed activity on a PC host over the whole LAN. This is an essential step forward in the process of evolving a business into an organic living entity, since it abolishes space and time, making everywhere here and anytime now, for the executive (brain) to make day-to-day decisions based on the information fed by every PC host (neuron) in real time manner, with direct and remote software and hardware management over the whole organization.

TupView 2.2 logs every meaningful action performed on a PC host to enforce acceptable-use computing and record keeping; it generates statistical reports on software and hardware uses to give a quick glance into overall resource effectiveness and employees’ work habits; it is able to record, track, and play back continuously the screen activities appearing on a specific PC host for appropriate investigative operation; it restricts installation and use of computer applications and peripherals for the purposes of software compliance and data protection and security; and it automatically acquires the system information (both software and hardware) of PC hosts over the whole LAN for better management of information technology environment.

More specifically, the main functions of TupView 2.2 can be summarized as follows:

1) Logging activities on a PC host in real time, so you can know what the employee is doing right now.

2) Taking a snapshot of an active screen for further information and investigation.

3) Tracking down and recording continuously the screen activities at a preset time interval (default 3 seconds and 4 PC hosts simultaneously).

4) Recording the use of applications such as time opened and closed and the total running period, and giving statistical analysis on how effectively the application is used.

5) Logging window switch events so as to calculate the active time spent on an application.

6) Recording printing events including the user, time, file name, and total pages.

7) Logging in detail how a file and its content are modified by an employee.

8) Logging software and hardware changes such as when an application is deleted or a device removed, and listing the software and hardware installation details on a computer.

9) Regulating and restricting the use of applications with a preset blocking list, and enforcing through application identification, effectively preventing bypass via renaming or application modification.

10) Limiting the use of some hardware devices such as removable storages and CD drives for data protection.

2 Installation Procedure

This procedure provides instructions for installing a TupView system and its registration.

2.1 Pre-installation Preparation

(1) Download the latest version of the TupView program from http://www.tupsoft.com/.

(2) TupView must be installed on a PC host with one of the following operation systems, i.e., Windows 2000 Pro/2000 Server/XP/2003.

(3) The minimum requirements for the hardware are Pentium III 500 MHz (or higher) with 256 MB memory and 1GB storage. The suggested systems are:

	CPU	Memory	Free Hard Disk Space
Server (10 licenses)	Pentium IV 2.8 GHz	512 MB	20 GB
Server (100 licenses)	Pentium IV 2.8 GHz	1024 MB	40 GB
Server (>200 licenses)	Pentium IV 2.8 GHz	1024 MB	80 GB
Console	Pentium III 800 MHz or higher