A skit delivered during GateSecure CEO Sebastian Glöckner's presentation.
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(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — The next morning presentation of WebhostingDay 2010 began with a presentation by Tom Kettels, a senior ICT advisor for Luxembourg for ICT (www.luxembourgforict.lu).
In his presentation titled “Finding the ideal business location”, Kettels made a pitch for doing business in Luxembourg.
He started off by giving a brief background on Luxembourg for ICT as an organization, and discussed Luxembourg as being an ideal location.
Kettels argued that when it comes to regulatory environment, the focus should be on “business, not bureaucracy.” Other advantages mentioned were the wide range of languages spoken within the workforce and the high quality of life.
He also cited the success stories of companies like Skype and GateSecure, which were founded in Luxembourg.
Next up was GateSecure (www.gatesecure.com) CEO Sebastian Glöckner, who delivered a presentation titled “Protect our future today: cloud based parental controls”.
Glöckner introduced the growing problem today about online threats facing families, using a humorous PSA that depicts different dangerous scenarios, including sexual content, violent video games, and sexual predators, in real-life situations visiting a family’s suburban home.
GateSecure certainly takes on a strong on family-friendly approach to developing its online security solutions. A quick look at the website shows a photo of a family gathered around a laptop, emphasizing the importance of making the Internet experience a safe one.
He posed the question, “why should web hosts care about all of this?” He explains how hosts can bundle GateSecure’s parental controls service with other services, and benefit greatly from a business-stance through establishing brand loyalty and product differentiation.
Later on in the presentatio, a “skit” was performed in front of a backdrop of teen pinup posters, including Pink and other teen pop stars.
In the skit, a young boy named Bob searched for sexually explicit images through Google Search. The projection screen followed the search process, both before and after turning on the parental control settings, showing how it can block out these sexually explicit images.
In another demonstration, Glöckner shows how the parental control service can allow parents to block out pages associated with keywords that could be potentially dangerous.
When the child attempts to visit a page associated with the keyword, it redirects the child to a blocked page site. The child can make a request to view the site if it relates to school work, which will notify the parent immediately, and the parent can then decide whether or not to grant access to the page.
