New Product Allows Employees to Conveniently Work and
Collaborate From Anywhere and on Any Device, While Providing IT the
Level of Security and Control They Need
Arlington, VA. - March 4, 2014 - Today Acronis®, a global data protection
company, announced Acronis Access, the first
solution to turn any mobile device into a true business platform by
integrating both mobile content management (MCM) and controlled
file sync and sharing. Acronis Access is designed with a special
focus on enterprise IT departments, especially those in highly
regulated industries. It allows IT to maintain security and
control, and comply with regulations, while enabling employees to
easily and efficiently access and share corporate content with
internal and external constituents.
"Acronis Access has revolutionized mobility with our clients,"
said J David Hester, PhD, Solutions architect at LCG Systems. "The federal IT
departments we work with had no sanctioned way in which to
collaborate with external researchers. Using Acronis activEcho®
provided us with all the necessary tools to manage, monitor and
secure our data and meet NIST compliance standards, and before
Acronis mobilEcho®,
we had no simple way for our end users to access internal network
resources on their iPads® and iPhones®. Acronis Access unites both
functionalities and gives IT departments everything they need:
support for two-factor authentication, access to their network home
directories, shared folders and collaboration. In addition, with
Acronis Access, they can now map to network shares without the
cumbersome need of requesting centralized or local support."
Acronis Access is powered by Acronis AnyData Technology and is
on-premise, so enterprise IT knows exactly where their company's
data is. It also allows IT to give their employees the
functionality they want, so they can remain productive in a
controlled and secure environment. End-users can access content
from file servers, NAS and SharePoint®, as well as their own
desktops/laptops, and share files with people inside and outside
their organization.
"Many employees today use personal smartphones and tablets to
access sensitive corporate information, even if their organization
doesn't permit a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy," said Terri
McClure, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "With
this growing trend, mobile device management (MDM) doesn't go far
enough. It isn't about controlling the employee's devices; it is
about managing and securing corporate content. That is why
companies need solutions like Acronis Access for Mobile Content
Management. It gives IT more granular control of sensitive
corporate information to ensure compliance, control and security
for IT managers."
Acronis Access delivers a number of key features, including:
- On-premise deployment to provide IT with complete control
- Active Directory integration, which makes authentication, provisioning and user management seamless
- Military-grade, FIPS 140-2 certified encryption module and CAC/PIV authentication
- The Acronis Policy Engine, which provides granular management capabilities to create security policies and ensures control and compliance, with more than 50 security and user permission policies available
- Allows IT departments to easily manage and scale their environments
- In-app editing and creation capability, to allow employees to edit Office documents and annotate PDFs within the secure Access sandbox, eliminating data leakage and improving productivity
- An easy and intuitive UI to make it simple and natural for users, with virtually no training
An audit log that gives IT the visibility to see what users are
doing, including which documents they access and share with
others."The age of one size fits all is over. People have more
choices than ever, so it's crucial that IT departments give
employees products they'll actually want to use and the flexibility
to use the device of their choice," said Anders Lofgren, VP of
product management at Acronis. "Acronis Access provides a
user-friendly UI and seamless integration with Active Directory®,
so both users and IT are happy. Plus the audit log gives IT the
oversight necessary to ensure security and compliance."
Companies interested in learning more about Acronis Access can
visit www.acronis.com/mobility
About Acronis:
Acronis is a leader in AI-native cyber protection, unifying data protection, cybersecurity, IT operations and hybrid infrastructure to deliver business continuity, security and compliance with less cost and complexity. More than 21,000 service providers trust Acronis to protect over 750,000 businesses in 150 countries. Acronis is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. For more information, visit www.acronis.com.