Archive for month: July, 2014
Cortado To Fully Support iOS 8 Enterprise Features
With iOS 8, Apple places an even greater focus on enterprise mobility, confirming Cortado’s strategy
(BERLIN/DENVER, July 29, 2014) Cortado, a leading provider of enterprise mobility solutions, today announces that its on-premises solution, Cortado Corporate Server, will fully support iOS 8, which is due later this year. After iOS 7 created a milestone and introduced the secure business container to companies, iOS 8 will offer further productivity and security enhancements, such as the ability to save documents to systems other than iCloud. Combined with Cortado Corporate Server as an enterprise mobility solution, iOS 8 creates the optimal strategy for any business.
With iOS 7, launched last year at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), companies already have a range of tools at their disposal to build a secure business container. The next step forward is due this year as iOS 8 will offer companies expanded MDM and collaboration features. These include numerous enhancements such as document provider APIs or the document push feature. With iOS 8, Apple takes a decisive step to becoming the standard OS for businesses.
Cortado views the announcement as confirming its strategy and as with iOS 7, will support the latest Apple OS, iOS 8, including all advanced features. With Cortado Corporate Server, companies not only have the ability to create a secure iOS 8 business container, but benefit from the easy management of existing and new users through full Active Directory integration.
“Just like with iOS 7, we were more than excited to hear what was announced at this year’s WWDC – it fits perfectly with our own approach with Cortado Corporate Server,” said Carsten Mickeleit, CEO at Cortado. “We are fully prepared to entirely support iOS 8 after its release later this year and have a number of highly productive features already lined up for future releases.”
More information on the current version of Cortado Corporate Server, 7.2 is available at: www.cortado.com/ccs.
This press release is available online and may be downloaded at www.cortoad.com/press.
About Cortado
Cortado – formerly ThinPrint – has delivered solutions for the modern working world since 1999. Enterprise mobility, printing, virtualization and BYOD are the main focus of the company. Cortado combines innovative devices such as smartphones and tablets with the customary requirements of office work, in teams and beyond space and system boundaries.
Easy for users, innovative, reliable, and with a high return on investment. These are the distinguishing features of Cortado products. No other company focuses so much on the issue of consumerization. By constantly evaluating feedback from users of its free cloud services available in all major app stores, Cortado continuously improves its products. These foundations allow Cortado to optimally implement an enterprise mobility strategy for businesses of all sizes.
Cortado established itself internationally with ThinPrint, the leading printer virtualization technology, which is used in 116 countries by thousands of companies. Even the biggest customers of Citrix XenApp and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services rely on ThinPrint. Via a long-term OEM partnership, VMware integrates ThinPrint technology.
The advantages of printer virtualization will only increase, also for cloud providers and in networks with physical desktops. Results are significant cost savings, immensely reduced helpdesk requests and noticeably more satisfied employees.
Over 20,000 enterprise customers with 5 up to 150,000 employees, as well as hundreds of thousands of individual users worldwide rely on Cortado solutions. As an internationally operating company, and founder of the Cloud Printing Alliance, Cortado employs over 220 highly skilled employees at its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and in its branch offices in the United States, the UK, Australia, France and Japan. Cortado was a winner of the 2013 and 2014 Great Place to Work® competition and is named as one of the “Best Employers in Berlin-Brandenburg”
More Than Just Cloud Storage – Cortado Takes The Lead With Its Professional Web App
With a newly developed web app, Cortado Workplace sets new standards for online file management
DENVER, July 16, 2014 – Cortado, provider of the free productivity app Cortado Workplace, now enables users to not only have cloud storage, but also to have easier control of their saved files. In addition to apps for iOS and Android, the Cortado Workplace web app has been completely revised for seamless access via a browser. This offers unprecedented levels of ease-of-use for new users and impressive productivity functions for power users.
Users of cloud storage continue to face challenges managing their files saved online via mobile devices or desktops. The latest version of Cortado Workplace overcomes these challenges. Just as with local file management on their desktops, users benefit from device and cross-platform support of features, such as the drag & drop function, along with numerous shortcuts. Frequently used folders can be marked as Favorites for quick access. Additionally, proven Cortado Workplace features, such as simple and secure sharing of documents, renaming or moving files and printing to any printer on a wireless network, have all been enhanced.
Based on the feedback from numerous Cortado Workplace users, Cortado has completely revised the HTML5-based web app of its cloud storage service and tailored it to the look and feel of its beautifully designed iOS app. This new and highly intuitive design simplifies file management to an extent that even users completely unfamiliar with the app instantly know how to use it. Folders with frequently used files can be marked as Favorites, allowing unparalleled rapid access. Another aspect is that folders can be copied via the drag-and-drop function to the user’s personalized cloud storage folders. Important documents are at the user’s disposal in the cloud even faster and can be viewed and edited with iPhones, iPads, Android devices, or any other device with a web browser.
Additionally, shortcuts similar to those seen in Windows, such as copy & paste, are available for even faster management of online files. Last but not least, Cortado has increased its free cloud storage space to an impressive 10 GB.
“With the new web app, Cortado shows once again how strongly we believe in consumerization by offering far more than just cloud storage. We provide a free, professional tool that includes key aspects of our paid enterprise solution, Cortado Corporate Server, for consumer use,” said Carsten Mickeleit, Cortado CEO. “This is just the beginning for users. In the coming months, Cortado will make groundbreaking changes to productivity – for both individual users as well as entire teams.”
More information and where to download Cortado Workplace can be found at www.cortado.com/workplace. The 10 GB of storage is available instantly for new users and is already being rolled out to existing users.
This press release is available online and may be downloaded at www.cortado.com/press.
About Cortado
Cortado – formerly ThinPrint – has delivered solutions for the modern working world since 1999. Enterprise mobility, printing, virtualization and BYOD are the main focus of the company. Cortado combines innovative devices such as smartphones and tablets with the customary requirements of office work, in teams and beyond space and system boundaries.
Easy for users, innovative, reliable, and with a high return on investment. These are the distinguishing features of Cortado products. No other company focuses so much on the issue of consumerization. By constantly evaluating feedback from users of its free cloud services available in all major app stores, Cortado continuously improves its products. These foundations allow Cortado to optimally implement an enterprise mobility strategy for businesses of all sizes.
Cortado established itself internationally with ThinPrint, the leading printer virtualization technology, which is used in 116 countries by thousands of companies. Even the biggest customers of Citrix XenApp and Microsoft Remote Desktop Services rely on ThinPrint. Via a long-term OEM partnership, VMware integrates ThinPrint technology.
The advantages of printer virtualization will only increase, also for cloud providers and in networks with physical desktops. Results are significant cost savings, immensely reduced helpdesk requests and noticeably more satisfied employees.
Over 20,000 enterprise customers with 5 up to 150,000 employees, as well as hundreds of thousands of individual users worldwide rely on Cortado solutions. As an internationally operating company, and founder of the Cloud Printing Alliance, Cortado employs over 220 highly skilled employees at its headquarters in Berlin, Germany and in its branch offices in the United States, the UK, Australia, France and Japan. Cortado was a winner of the 2013 and 2014 Great Place to Work® competition and is named as one of the “Best Employers in Berlin-Brandenburg”.
BitTitan Launches New Partner Program at WPC 2014
Revamped program provides discounts and unique workshops to educate and enable partners to scale their business and enhance their success
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2014 – Microsoft® Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), booth #1707 – BitTitan, the IT change automation expert for cloud-based migration and onboarding, today at WPC 2014 launched its revamped partner program. The BitTitan Partner Program not only includes product discounts, but also adds certification and a new workshop element that will help existing and future partners worldwide easily grow their business, as well as capitalize on the cloud opportunity.
In conjunction with Microsoft and the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners (IAMCP), BitTitan is offering partners ongoing Office 365™ workshops, providing a unique education opportunity available in cities around the globe and online. The workshops will help partners sell and increase revenue by teaching them how to navigate the Microsoft product stack and understand the market landscape so they can provide the best solutions to their customers’ evolving business needs and challenges at the right stage of their business. BitTitan’s education efforts will enable partners to identify new growth and upsell opportunities, improving their overall sales process and customer relationship development. Partners who attend workshops qualify to receive additional benefits.
In addition, BitTitan’s partners now have the opportunity to be certified through BitTitan’s complimentary certification program, which entails a series of online courses and exams. Certification enables partners to build added trust with their customers through proven knowledge to enhance their marketability. Certified partners also qualify for free phone support, among other benefits.
Through its fully automated cloud-based solutions, BitTitan enables partners to capitalize on these opportunities. BitTitan’s partners can seamlessly move customers’ data to the cloud and to on-premise solutions, saving time, cost and resources. The partner’s ability to automate migration and onboarding processes increases their profit margins on deployments of any size, opening the door to new types of customers by making deployments with smaller organizations now a more profitable opportunity. BitTitan’s solutions portfolio also makes it easy for partners to choose the right solution for the right project so they can scale and grow with their customers.
The BitTitan Partner Program includes:
• Single-tier program at no cost, enabling partners to benefit from the program as soon as they enroll
• Product discounts
• Free online support
• Training
• Unlimited access to the BitTitan Partner Center
• Marketing materials and sales tools
• Certification and education program
• Phone support (with additional fees for non-certified partners)
“At BitTitan, our partners’ success is our success. We designed our partner program to make sure they can be as successful as possible,” said Geeman Yip, BitTitan CEO. “Through education, automation and scalable solutions, the BitTitan Partner Program sets our partners up for long-term growth, increases their profitability and gives them a competitive advantage.”
“BitTitan’s knowledge of the market landscape and their ability to deliver the right solution for the right project has been a critical part of our success,” said Frank Johnson-Suglia, managing partner, Strategic SaaS. “By enabling us to automate the entire migration and onboarding process, we’ve been able to work with customers of all sizes, from SMBs to enterprises with 10,000+ employees, giving us the opportunity to sell more and grow.“
To enroll in the BitTitan Partner Program go to www.bittitan.com/partners. To learn more about BitTitan’s cloud-based automated solutions visit https://www.bittitan.com/.
About BitTitan:
BitTitan is the IT change automation expert that delivers end-to-end solutions for migration and onboarding challenges. Unlike competitive solutions, BitTitan removes barriers to change, including complexity, risk, cost and time constraints. With IT change automation, users can be current, have a choice, maintain control and eliminate chaos. Its globally recognized products, MigrationWiz™, UserActivation™ and SmtpLogic™, deliver tailored solutions for today’s challenges, such as Office 365 onboarding and email migration. The credible, safe and trusted choice for both direct and partner channels, BitTitan has migrated more than 1.5 million mailboxes to the cloud in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.BitTitan.com.
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BitTitan and Vaultive Announce Office 365 Data Encryption at WPC 2014
Strategic partnership makes enterprise-class technology accessible to SMBs via the cloud
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 14, 2014 – Microsoft® Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC), booth #1707 – BitTitan, the IT change automation expert for cloud-based migration and onboarding, today at WPC 2014 announces a partnership with data encryption company Vaultive, whose solutions enable businesses to maintain ownership and control of their data in the cloud. This partnership makes enterprise-class data encryption for Microsoft Office 365™ available as a cloud-based service to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) via BitTitan Data Encryption offering.
To reduce their on-site infrastructure needs and increase information accessibility and uptime, SMBs are increasingly moving to the cloud, including Office 365. However, the move to the cloud is often at the expense of the company maintaining exclusive control of data, making it accessible to the outside world. This partnership adds an extra, critical layer of protection to a company’s Office 365 data. Data is encrypted before it goes to the cloud and stays encrypted while in transit, in use, and at rest, providing end-to-end security. The encryption keys are separated from the encrypted data, preventing unauthorized access.
This partnership enables Vaultive’s encryption-in-use technology to be implemented through BitTitan’s cloud-based automated processes and services. BitTitan’s Data Encryption will be available as a service, eliminating the need for on-premise servers, reducing management, maintenance and extra support needs, making it affordable for SMBs.
“Our partnership with Vaultive gives small and mid-sized businesses peace of mind when moving to the cloud and puts them back in control of their data,” said Geeman Yip, BitTitan CEO. “Because the service is fully automated and doesn’t require any additional infrastructure and management, it is the right solution for SMBs’ needs.”
“For any company that’s moving to the cloud, data control is just as high of a priority as the cloud’s flexibility and cost savings,” said Elad Yoran, Vaultive CEO. “By implementing our enterprise technology through BitTitan’s IT automation solutions, we’re giving SMBs easy access to higher levels of control and security so they don’t have to think twice about moving to Office 365.”
The service will be on display at WPC at BitTitan’s booth #1707. Attendees can learn more during a joint happy hour presentation at WPC on July 14th and 15th at 4:40PM at BitTitan’s booth. For more information, visit www.bittitan.com/dataencryption.
The service is now available in a pilot program. To apply for the program, visit http://www.bittitan.com/dataencryption.About BitTitan:
BitTitan is the IT change automation expert that delivers end-to-end solutions for migration and onboarding challenges. Unlike competitive solutions, BitTitan removes barriers to change, including complexity, risk, cost and time constraints. With IT change automation, users can be current, have a choice, maintain control and eliminate chaos. Its globally recognized products, MigrationWiz™, UserActivation™ and SmtpLogic™, deliver tailored solutions for today’s challenges, such as Office 365 onboarding and email migration. The credible, safe and trusted choice for both direct and partner channels, BitTitan has migrated more than 1.5 million mailboxes to the cloud in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.BitTitan.com.
About Vaultive
For businesses moving to the cloud, Vaultive’s encryption in use technology mitigates risk by empowering companies with control and ownership of their data wherever it resides. Vaultive’s customers hold the encryption keys, letting them retain the freedom to use the cloud applications professionals rely on, while ensuring the governance and security that the business demands. Optimized for Microsoft® Office 365 and integrated with major cloud applications, the Vaultive platform supports best practices for the control and ownership of corporate data in the cloud as outlined by the Cloud Security Alliance. Vaultive addresses the requirements of global enterprises in financial services, life sciences and pharma, legal and professional services, manufacturing, retail and media, while also offering a cost-effective solution for mid-size and smaller companies. For more information, visit www.vaultive.com or follow us on Twitter.
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Microsoft and Office 365 are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries.
