SecureOffice.net

"I spent days researching the ideal solution... SecureOffice was the only one which offered exactly what I wanted"

"All my clients are saying what a great service it is."

Introduction

borndigital is a leading architectural illustration studio specialising in 2D and 3D visualisations of developments, as well as animated walkthrough/ flythrough sequences. Clients include property developers, architects and housing associations, among others.

The Problem

borndigital's Creative Director Carl Wenczek was looking for a solution which would allow the business to provide clients with secure access to digital illustrations and animations. Carl explains, "Working on visualisations for new developments involves strict client confidentiality … something we take very seriously. We tried a number of solutions before SecureOffice including a popular service which lets you upload large files and sends a download link to the client by email. This was fine for a short time, in fact we even subscribed to it. However, we had a few problems with file upload/downloads, didn't trust the security and found it a bit frustrating that we couldn't keep files indefinitely and give clients access to their own project repository."

The Solution

Carl knew he wanted a hosted solution which was secure, easy to use and backed by telephone support, so he began to look at what was available. "I spent days researching the ideal solution … SecureOffice was the only one which offered exactly what I wanted. At any one time we may have up to ten clients using our SecureOffice site but each one can only access their own files. All my clients are saying what a great service it is. We've just started to use the Public Folders feature so that PR companies and designers employed by a client can securely download visualisations without the need for us to set them up as individual users, which saves us even more time. We've also integrated the SecureOffice login into our website, which makes it quick and easy for our clients to access their project files. There's so much potential with SecureOffice I'm sure we're not using half of it!"

Small companies demand better IT-solutions

There are approximately one million small businesses with up to 9 employees in the UK only. You'll find them in all kinds of industries. Common to them all is that they use IT in their daily work as much as larger companies - or at least they would like to. Some people say small businesses have other needs but in reality they can't afford to invest in firewalls, switches, email, virus filters and collaboration tools that larger companies use within their well-protected networks. It's simply too expensive and too complicated. The argument that is often used is that small businesses are less demanding. But would a small business suffer less from an attack on its network or loss of critical files or documents? Of course not! Probably quite the opposite. The truth is that it hasn't been prof