NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jun 4, 2014) - Varonis Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRNS), the leading provider of software solutions for unstructured, human-generated enterprise data, today announced general availability (GA) for DatAnywhere 1.8, once again raising the functionality and security bar in the rapidly growing cloud-style file sharing and collaboration market.
The new release includes additional security features, such as the ability for administrators to remotely wipe data from DatAnywhere clients and specify which devices are allowed to connect via DatAnywhere. This provides increased control over, and strengthens the security around, the data stored on remote devices. Varonis DatAnywhere 1.8 also includes a variety of enhancements enabling employees to more efficiently access and share data, including address book integration and the ability to provide access to full file share hierarchies to third parties. In addition to the launch of DatAnywhere 1.8, Varonis also announced that DatAnywhere can now be downloaded immediately for up to five users within an organization at no cost.
DatAnywhere, introduced in 2012, instantly turns an organization's file shares into a secure private cloud, providing employees, business partners and clients with secure mobile access and file synchronization to files stored on the organization's internal file shares. By utilizing existing file shares, DatAnywhere transforms terabytes of file share data into a private cloud file system without moving it or modifying it in any way, and typically deploys in about an hour. Data always resides on the organization's servers, existing access controls are enforced, and management and security capabilities inherent in the existing infrastructure remain in effect.
Terri McClure, Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, said, "We are seeing more and more IT departments turning to alternatives to traditional cloud storage, citing security risks and a desire to leverage existing infrastructure investments as the main reasons. DatAnywhere provides a secure private cloud that meets both of these requirements as well as the burgeoning employee demands for ease-of-use, mobile access and third-party collaboration."
During an informal survey taken at EMC World in May, Varonis found that more than 60% of respondents reported having at least 30 terabytes of human-generated data. Less than half reported that users are able access this data using mobile devices and with file synchronization, and 43% said it would take "months or years" to move their data to a new platform for collaboration while keeping access controls intact.