University of East Anglia Opts for Acronis’ Company GroupLogic

GroupLogic, Inc., an Acronis, Inc.
company, announced the deployment of mobilEcho at the University of East Anglia to support its
introduction of the iPad to 500 staff members.

The solution provides a secure file access from iPad’s across the campus,
allowing the IT organization to maintain control of directory and file access
policies whilst achieving its goal for paperless meetings.

Committed to environmental improvement initiatives, the University of East
Anglia began distributing the iPad to its senior staff in early 2012 to reduce
paper generated by meetings and other communications, and encourage better
collaboration and remote productivity.

The challenge was how to provide staff with the convenience, mobility and
resource-saving benefits of the iPad while maintaining the security required in
a dynamic enterprise environment. This is a challenge in the growing
consumerized-IT environment and solutions are often piecemeal, requiring a
lengthy implementation process.

Jon Woodley, head of systems for the University’s Information Services
directorate, discovered the simplicity of mobilEcho in his search for a single
solution to provide enterprise security without interfering with the
iPad’s ease of use.

"We installed our first trial on 15 iPads
in under a day," he commented. "mobilEcho just worked, with no complex deployment or lengthy learning
curve. The user can start the app and go straight to their files, just as they
would with a desktop or laptop joined to our Active directory. Nothing else in
the market allows you to do that in such a transparent and easy manner."

Users that had already been using consumer-oriented, browser-based file storage
solutions found that mobilEcho replaced those solutions in a way, ensuring that
files could be accessed simply and easily, without compromising
university standards of privacy and security. Productivity improved due to the
ability to access files – even on the server.

"When we installed mobilEcho, it
enabled us to get secure file access, even in the middle of a meeting,"
said Iain Reeman, ICT systems director for the university’s Information
Services directorate. "I can pull up
a document to reinforce or support an argument, which is absolutely fantastic.
Previously, if someone asked a question that required finding a reference
document on the server, you’d have to get back to them later. Now I can look up
the answer and give it straight away."