WatchDox Introduces Secure Annotation, Collaboration for iPad, iPhone

Allows enterprises to support mobile collaboration while maintaining control over documents at all times

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--()--WatchDox, a provider of secure document access and collaboration solutions, today announced that its users can now securely view and make annotations to documents directly on their iOS devices, while maintaining the ability to control, protect and, if necessary, remotely destroy the documents at any time. With WatchDox, enterprise users can collaborate on the go without putting sensitive documents at risk for unauthorized distribution, leakage or theft.

As tablets and smartphones become pervasive, many enterprises are adopting bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives or deploying enterprise-managed tablets. However, maintaining the security of highly sensitive documents is a challenge on these devices, as they offer little document security and are frequently lost or stolen. The rapidly growing number of online file sharing and annotation tools do not offer protection to documents stored on mobile devices and allow documents to be easily printed, copied or forwarded. Additionally, these tools offer no safeguards for revoking access to documents stored on lost or stolen devices.

“As mobile devices continue to gain traction in the enterprise, more executives and high-level managers are leveraging mobile technology to conduct critical business on the go,” said Monica Basso, research vice president of Gartner's Mobile and Client Computing, Mobility and Collaboration team. “While the ability to edit and update documents on the fly is a key business need, it can also leave a company’s most sensitive information at risk. To effectively collaborate and protect important documents being shared or accessed via mobile devices, security must start at the document level and follow the document where ever it goes.”

WatchDox customers already use the solution to secure sensitive documents on smartphones and tablets for senior executives, boards of directors, and mobile sales forces. In addition, WatchDox customers have leveraged the product to securely enable a vast range of iPad use cases, including protecting flight manuals on pilots’ iPads, product designs on factory floors, and scripts for movies and television shows in production.

With the WatchDox solution, enterprise administrators can control documents and their annotations at all times, preventing costly data leaks. WatchDox iPad and iPhone users can safely:

  • Highlight passages
  • Add notes and comments
  • Search for keywords
  • Save annotations locally
  • Share annotated documents with other authorized users
  • Mandate additional passcodes

“Our customers have asked for more secure mobile collaboration capabilities for communicating among board of directors, executives, investors and partners,” said Adi Ruppin, chief technology officer at WatchDox. “WatchDox will deliver the first enterprise-grade secure environment with high-fidelity viewing, synchronization and annotations for the iPad.”

The WatchDox iPhone/iPad application is freely available via the Apple App Store. Use of the annotations features requires a subscription to the WatchDox service.

About WatchDox

WatchDox enables organizations to provide secure access to their documents wherever they go: on any tablet, smartphone, laptop or PC, even those beyond the IT department’s control. With WatchDox technology, organizations can collaborate securely with partners, safely adopt bring-your-own-device (BYOD) initiatives, and destroy their documents remotely if a device goes missing. More than 500 enterprises worldwide -- including top-10 financial institutions, government agencies, and many of the Fortune 500 – depend on WatchDox solutions. For more information, please visit http://www.watchdox.com.

Contacts

Metis Communications
Mikala Vidal, 617-236-0500
mikala.vidal@metiscomm.com

Release Summary

WatchDox users can now securely view and make annotations to documents directly on their iOS devices, while maintaining the ability to control, protect and remotely destroy the documents at any time.

Contacts

Metis Communications
Mikala Vidal, 617-236-0500
mikala.vidal@metiscomm.com