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vVAULT ANYWHERE
SERVICE UNTETHERS WORKERS FROM LAPTOPS AND OFFICE PCs
On-The-Go Professionals
Benefit from Wireless Access to Online Storage and Desktop
PC Files
San Francisco, CA (October 22, 2001)
- vVault, a leading provider of mobile productivity
applications and software, today announced the availability
of vVault Anywhere(TM),
a suite of premium business applications designed to
untether mobile and remote workers from laptops and
office PCs. With the vVault Anywhere service, subscribers
can access files stored on desktop PCs and corporate
networks, and secure online storage-- including email
attachments-- from any browser-enabled device and forward
them via email and fax. vVault Anywhere's Direct Desktop
File Access(TM) feature
is particularly innovative because it allows real-time
access to PC and network file systems via connected
PCs and wireless devices, without the need for expensive
server harware or other IT resources.
The vVault Anywhere service allows
subscribers to store files on vVault's secure, hosted
"virtual drive," or access desktop files directly
from "always on" home and work PCs. Users
can then view, share, email and fax print documents
from wireless Palm OS and Pocket PC devices or RIM BlackBerry
pagers, increasing their productivity and responsiveness.
vVault Anywherw's unique bundling of file access, management,
email and faxing makes it the most complete solution
for mobile professionals and small businesses who want
to manage important files when working away from the
office.
Inexpensive and easy-to-use, the service
is a success with mobile workers, such as sales and
consulting forces, as well as with small business owner-operators.
"vVault Anywhere is a fantastic work tool,"
stated Amy Kankiewicz, a sales manager with AAA Networks
in Arlington, VA, who uses vVault to demonstrate the
wireless Web capabilities of her wireless phone products.
"It is easy to use and gives people the ability
to access, fax and email contracts and other business
documents in just a few clicks." Brian Hartman,
owner of Brian Hartman Photography, and a recent AAA
Networks customer, uses vVault on his Nextel 855 phone
to access and send marketing documents to prospective
clients. "With vVault and my phone, I can fax or
email one of my brochures to someone right as I'm talking
to them at a party or on the street, which is pretty
impressive."
Currently, 48 percent of vVault users
work in companies with less than 100 employees and 74
percent work in companies with fewer than 500 employees.
vVault users represent a range of vertical industries
with concentrations in sales, legal, insurance, finance,
health. high tech and consulting. For example:
Scott Fox, a property manager with
Rodney D. Young Insurance, relies on vVault's real-time
desktop file access capability when he travels to train
the company's claims adjustors located nationwide. "With
vVault I do not need to find a computer to access training
documents," says Fox. "I can store them on
my PC, and then retrieve them remotely via vVault any
number of ways." For Fox, this results in time
savings and the confidence of knowing he'll never have
to worry about forgetting a document again. Best of
all, with vVault and his Palm VIIx, he now leaves his
laptop behind.
Peter Gioia, the Northeast area trauma
manager for Howmedica Osteonics, a reconstructive orthopedic
device maker based in Allendale, NJ, uses vVault to
store product inventory sheets and surgical guides that
he accesses when consulting with medical customers on-site.
"Hospitals don't always have specialized trauma
equipment in stock," explains Gioia. "With
vVault I can search for the necessary product sheet
and technical guide on my Compaq iPaq and fax it right
to the operating room for use on the spot."
John Chu, a partner with Boston-based
law firm Chu, Ring, and Hazel, uses vVault to store
key documents he and his 10-person legal staff need
to access periodically, such as client agreements, image
documents and model contracts. He also used vVault as
a database for articles that he clips and saves to sent
to clients when the need arises. Instead of saving the
originals and having his assistant photocopy them, he
simply searches for the articles he needs in vVault,
then faxes a copy to clients from his desktop, saving
time and staff resources.
"Our goal is to provide mobile
professionals with truly untethered productivity, whether
they are in an airport, at a client's site, or at home
on the weekend," said Stephen Burke, president
and CEO of vVault. "Building on the robust foundation
offered by our hosted vVault secure storage and access
capabilities, the addition of our new Direct Desktop
Access feature for real-time file access via PCs and
wireless devices greatly extends the power and reach
of the vVault service by enabling instant, unanticipated
access to files wherever they reside."
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