The employee monitoring software enables company administrators to supervise and monitor all employee computers from a central location. The software helps in monitoring employee activities in order to improve productivity and efficiency. The employee monitoring software provides real time update about employees to the managers, which helps managers to calculate work efficiency of the employee. In addition to this, the software also provides protection against data leaks done by employees. Moreover, the employee monitoring software helps employers in reviewing screenshot histories, websites logs, and file changes, and even in determining the location of their company laptops and computers through global positioning system (GPS) and internet protocol (IP) validation.
Based on types, the virtual private network software segment is holding a significant share in the market. As virtual private network contains all the programs and files that workers use, which helps in monitoring the performance of employees. The virtual private network software is mainly used by large organizations to monitor the performance of their employees.
Based on deployment, the cloud segment dominated the market in 2018 and is expected to show similar trends in the coming years. The cloud-based employee monitoring software enables mangers to monitor employee performance due to the availability of the reports on the web.
Based on regions, North America dominated the market in 2018 and is expected to show similar trends in coming years. The growing number of small and large enterprises, coupled with increasing cases of cybercrimes, is driving the demand for employee monitoring software market in the region. Further, Asia Pacific is growing at the fastest pace owing to the steps taken by governments to provide easy loans to the small and medium enterprises, which in turn, is driving the demand for employee monitoring software in the region.