Hi All, Something that might well be useful to those of you who have iPhones (android apparently to follow). Please circulate to your groups. Best, david -------- Original Message -------- Subject: New Service from ICT - MobilEcho Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2012 12:38:44 +0000 From: Mahadeva, Ananth <a.mahadeva@imperial.ac.uk> To: To All, We are pleased to offer a new service to the College staff and students. Mobilecho is a service that allows College users H: drive access on mobile devices via the internet, with enterprise level security and the same levels of convenience provided by familiar products like DropBox. In the world of network file sharing, the ubiquitous DropBox has set the standard for ease of use and functionality. However it provides inadequate security and authentication for an enterprise environment, and so has not been a product the College can recommend. Regardless of this DropBox has been widely adopted by individuals in College because of its convenience, and we have long been aware that there has been a need for a secure and supportable alternative. It is only recently that industry has begun to develop suitable products. Mobilecho is such a product and provides the convenience of DropBox with enterprise level security and integration. With the client running on a mobile device, a user can access their H: drive and content, by authenticating with their College ID and then copy view edit and files on the move. Viewing works with many common file types and document editing works if you have an appropriate app installed on your device. Documents can be added to your H: drive while on the move. Data cached on the device is encrypted and inaccessible without authentication. Whole directories can be synced, or individual files can be copied to the local device for offline viewing (iOS devices only at present and Android will follow soon). Mobilecho is available for Apple mobile devices running iOS . Android devices are also supported with a reduced but growing feature set. A short instructional video from ICT is available here <http://hml.imperial.ac.uk/Play.aspx?VideoId=69> to get you set up, and further information is provided on the FAQ page <http://www2.imperial.ac.uk/blog/ictfaq/2012/10/26/mobilecho/>. If you have any comments regarding this service please contact Ananth Mahadeva, x47589. For time being this is only open to ICTAP members (in the distribution list). We are planning to launch the service in end of November. If any departments want to be on pilot phase please let us know. Regards Ananth *Ananth Mahadeva* Imperial College South Kensington Campus London SW7 2AZ T: + 44 20 7594 7589 E: a.mahadeva@imperial.ac.uk <mailto:a.mahadeva@imperial.ac.uk> W: Imperial.ac.uk