Isis Innovation Customer of Egnyte

Egnyte, Inc.,
an enterprise file sharing provider, announced Isis Innovation, Ltd, Oxford
University’s technology transfer office, as its latest customer.

Isis Innovation is using Egnyte as the file sharing infrastructure for managing
the commercialisation of intellectual property on behalf of Oxford University.

Currently, Isis manages 700 intellectual
property license agreements and has helped form 79 spin-off companies,
including Oxonica plc, the company behind Optisol UV absorber which protects
holidaymakers in the sun and NaturalMotion, whose animation software is behind
mega hits Grand Theft Auto IV and Troy. Since the value of intellectual
property is so closely related to its security, Isis was particularly concerned
with insuring its file sharing wasn’t compromised. One breach could give access
to years of research, which might result in millions of pounds in funding going
to waste.

Isis also struggled with managing a
workforce many of whom consulted off-site, and while mobile devices allowed
consultants to theoretically access data, their
Oxford-based VPN gateway was slow and cumbersome. That prompted them to look at
a host of solutions and Egnyte stood out as one tailored to their needs. After
a quick trial, Isis deployed Egnyte in conjunction with local storage in its
Oxford and Hong Kong offices, running in hybrid mode for fast behind the
firewall access utilising NAS devices synced with Egnyte’s European public
Cloud. The new solution was set up and running in a few days.

Nelson Sa, business consultant, Isis
Innovation, said: "We needed a
solution we could trust to store our ideas. Isis employees spend a significant
proportion of their time working at our clients’ sites so we needed a secure,
real-time file sharing service between our offices in Hong Kong and Oxford.
Egnyte’s approach to cloud security ensures users only have access to the
correct folders and its compliance with the EU Safe Harbor framework means
staff can collaborate with colleagues across the world effectively, on a secure
solution which is built for the enterprise."

Egnyte was built to give
companies control of where their data lives, and how it is accessed. Whether
files are on local storage behind the firewall or in the cloud, employees in
any location can access their files from any device, and always feel like
they’re working from the main office.

"Innovation
is the lifeblood of any business and there are great ideas coming out of Isis,
so keeping them secure is a priority," said Vineet Jain, CEO, Egnyte.
"We pride ourselves on giving
customers a choice when it comes to where their data is stored, on local
storage or in the cloud, and how it’s accessed. We are very excited to see our
technology driving UK innovation globally from this most prestigious academic
institution."