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NetSTAR offers its own self-developed filtering engine and high-quality URL databases to partner companies. Based on these, partner companies commercialize filtering/services, log analysis services, distribution services, search services and other services for end users, realizing safer Internet surfing and more efficient access for companies, groups, schools, and households.  ●Two core technologies that support NetSTAR's business(1)Self-developed filtering engineNetSTAR has developed its own URL filtering engine, which is essential for high-accuracy access control. This engine technology is being deployed on Windows, Linux, and Solaris platforms. This technology can also be provided as various APIs.  (2) NetSTAR-operated collection, sorting, and distribution centers NetSTAR operates a URL collection, sorting, and distribution center that serves as the basis for filtering. At our center, which is the largest of its kind in Japan, a full-time staff automatically collects URLs from around the entire world using dedicated tools, and a group of 30 experienced specialists performs visual sorting, maintaining the reliability and freshness of our database. We distribute the latest URL database, which is organized into categories, to our customers on a daily basis and maintain the high reliability of our filtering services through collaborations with partner companies. Japan's largest URL list collection, sorting, and distribution system  ● NetSTAR, the filtering product leader in JapanIn the domestic filtering product market, URL filtering products greatly exceed e-mail filtering products, underlining the strong interest in Internet access management. NetSTAR's filtering products and URL database actually command the top share in the domestic market through OEM partner sales.[FY2003 domestic market for URL filtering products--Share by product]  *Fuji Chimera Research Institute survey (2004 Comprehensive Study of Network Security Business) ●Future project directionsNetSTAR's endeavors extend beyond the URL filtering business field as the company actively develops related fields using its capabilities in filtering engines and URL databases, which are its core technologies. NetSTAR is also exploring value-added business possibilities to extend the potential of the Internet through the use of the company's collected access logs.
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