Novatel unveils MiFi mobile storage – Mobile Cloud Computing
NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY VENDOR Novatel unveiled a cloud based mobile storage solution called Novadrive at CITA Wireless 2010 today.
Novadrive is powered by Nomadesk MiFi technology, offers 256-bit encryption and can be remotely accessed to wipe data if it’s lost or stolen. Novatel claim its mobile storage device offers intelligent mobile hotspots for punters and will do all the things you’d expect mobile storage to do like share, encrypt, synchronise, backup and store files to access from any laptop or web-based, hand-held mobile device.
MiFi has been a hot topic at CITA this year. Novadrive one of the first ‘intelligent’ devices to feature this mobile broadband category. Novatel believes that its hardware is different from existing router hardware because it doesn’t need an external broadband USB modem to work.
The Novadrive should offer better access to data from any location with extra security and as much storage as you can shake a stick at. Novatel’s current customers can get a free downloadable Novadrive account with limited functionality or you can sign up for £33 a year for a personal file server with unlimited capacity. You can also sign up for approximately £10 a month to get a business file server.
“This offering will provide our existing MiFi community and other potential MiFi users, with premier cloud storage services seen in the market today,” said Rob Hadley, Novatel’s chief marketing officer. Full Source
“We are very happy to bring to market a cloud-based solution with unlimited storage capacity, 256-bit encryption, and added security service to store and share photos, videos, presentations and documents through any mobile device. We look forward to expanding this offering quickly to support the MiFi local storage which allows seamless access and synchronization to the SD removable storage on MiFi to and from the cloud.” Full Source
