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{{Infobox company
| name = Birch Grove Software, Inc.
| logo = 
| type = Private
| industry = 
| fate = 
(contracted; show full)tle=Herb Axilrod - Biography|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/author/herb-axilrod|work=Entrepreneur (magazine) |accessdate=December 10, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Office Is Watching You|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/3046133/the-new-rules-of-work/the-future-of-workplace-surveillance|accessdate=December 15, 2016|work=[[Fast Company (magazine)|Fast Company]]|date=May 22, 2015}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Birch Grove Software, Inc.: Private Company Information|url=http
s://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=223272837|website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]|accessdate=March 19, 2017}}</ref> Initially it launched Screen Pass, a Windows-based screen locking security software for network administrators.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Sony's AVT drive uses latest media for impressive performance: Screen Pass heads off IS headaches|journal=InfoWorld|date=November 3, 1997|volume=19|issue=44|page=70|url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=8zsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA70-IA10&lpg=PA70-IA10&dq=screen+pass+software+first+version&source=bl&ots=KGrCxF6YLt&sig=6ZZHfFragBT8Cmevp9Qbm15FCmg&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=screen%20pass%20software%20first%20version&f=false|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.|language=en|issn=0199-6649}}</ref> It also released Link-Launch, a utility software that automatically creates directory mappings for Windows applications.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Local Networks: Birch Grove Software, Inc.|journal=Network World|date=May 8, 1995|volume=12|issue=19|page=29|url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=whAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA29&dq=%22Birch+Grove+Software%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXk829xODSAhVKt48KHZQmDqYQ6AEIHjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Birch%20Grove%20Software%22&f=false|accessdate=March 18, 2017|publisher=IDG Network World Inc|language=en|issn=0887-7661}}</ref>

It began offering its software via the [[software as a service]] (SaaS) or cloud computing model when ActivTrak was launched in 2009.<ref>{{cite news|title=Key Points To Consider Before Using Employee Monitoring Software|url=http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/archive/2013/03/what-to-consider-before-using-employee-monitoring-software.html/#.WM1n6fmGPIU|accessdate=March 19, 2017|date=March 12, 2013}}</ref> It was first launched as LAN based, and later moved to the cloud service. The first version of ActivTrak released on February 9, 2009. In November 2016, ActivTrak released its latest version 4.5 to public.

==Services==
===Screen Pass===
Screen Pass is a Windows-based screen locking software for network administrators which provides them enforcement of password security and centrally control security options over idle workstations.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Low-cost network management tools: nothing to sneeze at|journal=InfoWorld|date=April 10, 2000|volume=22|issue=15|url=https://books.google.com.bd/books?id=bD0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=%22Birch+Grove+Software%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiXk829xODSAhVKt48KHZQmDqYQ6AEIIjAC#v=onepage&q=%22Birch%20Grove%20Software%22&f=false|accessdate=March 18, 2017|publisher=InfoWorld Media Group, Inc.|language=en|issn=0199-6649}}</ref> Its advanced features include automatic logoff, auto shutdown, administrator override, and record of all workstation events.<ref>{{cite web|title=Screen Pass 6.6: Auto Logoff solution - Workstation lockin(contracted; show full){{Reflist|2}}

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