Win the Consumer and You Win the Enterprise

Secure Spaces By Graphite Software When it comes to mobile devices, the Consumer is in the driver’s seat and Enterprise IT is being forced to adapt. Android OEMs recognize that the Consumer is the new channel to the Enterprise. Consumers are demanding a single device for work and personal use, choice of devices and personal privacy which is driving the BYOD phenomenon. MDM and device security products that appeal only to the Enterprise IT group are failing in the market. Secure Spaces is designed with the Consumer in mind offering multiple Spaces, compatibility with all Android apps, privacy through Space isolation, and the features required by the Enterprise including administrative control, app and data security, choice of apps, and a native Android user experience. OEM's & Mobile Operators: Get Secure Spaces Multiple Spaces Dual persona solutions limit customers to a secure work persona and a personal persona that is exposed to all Android threats  Secure Spaces enables consumers to to create as many Spaces as they need to address their security and usability concerns. One for Work, one for family, one for banking, one for sports, one for gaming. Let them decide. There is no limit. Native apps Unlike application containers or application wrappers that support a small fraction of the one million Android apps available, Secure Spaces doesn’t require you to modify apps. Give your customers access to the full list of native Android apps Great performance Unlike Hypervisor based products, Secure Spaces does not duplicate the operating system and apps. Deliver the performance that your customers have come to expect from your devices, but with all the benefits of Secure Spaces. More Features • Easy navigation using Android gestures. • Create new Spaces  from the device as needed. • Remotely lock & wipe Spaces from the Web. • Maintain separate policies per Space • Securely share your device with the Open Space. • Delegate administration of the Work Space to your IT group. Specifications • Android 4.3+ • Leverages SE Android • AES-256  data encryption • Anti-debug support One Device - Multiple Spaces: Android Screenshots

Secure Spaces ready for product trials. Read the press news.

On Monday, October 28th Graphite Software announces the availability of Secure Spaces for OEM and Mobile Operator trials. Read about it here: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/secure-spaces-for-android-in-product-trials-229520771.html

Product News! Secure Spaces shipped to major OEM for trials!

Graphite Software achieves another major milestone this week by shipping Secure Spaces to a major Android device manufacturer for trials.Equipment manufacturers (OEMs) acknowledge the requirements for security, but are most interested in the adoption of their devices and so are looking for solutions that appeal to both the consumer and the corporation. The OEMs recognize that heavy-handed security and device management approaches diminish the user experience and create user frustration that can reflect negatively on their brand. They want intuitive solutions that are effective, secure and easy to integrate.This trial is with a leading OEM that understands that embedding security within the device (at the system level), delivers the most robust approach to the separation and security of apps and data. They also recognize, with Secure Spaces, a different design approach that is built around the way that consumers want to use their devices while offering corporate IT departments the controls that they are after.Secure Spaces allows you to create areas (Spaces) on your Android device to keep your work and personal accounts, apps and data separate. Quick access to apps, or sharing of apps, is made possible with an Open Space on the device. Work Spaces are managed by a device owner's corporate IT group while Personal Spaces are locally or remotely managed by the device owner. The  IT group cannot see any other Spaces on the device.  Apps and data in one Space are completely isolated from the apps and data in another Space.Graphite Software is excited by this achievement but remains "heads down" working on the next major milestone! This is getting exciting. Stay tuned!


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Screen locks are a key to success

Here is a good blog on how a screen lock can make or break a BYOD program. We agree completely, but want to take it one step further. Like Enterproid, our multi-persona solution allows Enterprise IT to set their own password strength without encumbering the device owner. But we also enable different passwords for Personal Spaces. We really need a better solution than all-or-nothing device locks. With Enterproid's application containerization, you have either (i) their password and no device lock, or (ii) two passwords (theirs plus yours). With system level containerization we allow multiple personas - or what we call "Spaces". The Device Owner can have an Open Space without a password for quick access and sharing of some apps without security concerns should the device be lost or stolen. They can have a Work Space with a password that is directly accessible - not just after unlocking the device. And they can have a Personal Space (or many) with a PIN, face-lock, or nothing.  Only Graphite's system-level containerization and security enables this. For true adoption of BYOD there has to be benefit to the device owner. A really good screen lock can make or break your solution.

Open House! Friday, September 13th, 2013

Please join us as we open the doors to our new office location to celebrate the next stage in our growth. On Friday, September 13th at 4:00 pm the entire Graphite Software team will be stepping back from their keyboards for a brief pause to welcome you to their work place, share a few drinks and snacks and to tell you the Graphite story. 

We are located at 555 Legget Drive, Tower B, Suite 740 in Kanata (next to the Brookstreet Hotel)

We hope that you will be able to join us to help us celebrate!

The Graphite Software Team

Ottawa is a great place to start a company

There have been recent articles in the Ottawa Citizen and the Ottawa Business Journal mentioning the recent funding of Graphite Software among other Ottawa start-ups. Without a doubt the Ottawa tech sector been struggling to grow after the regrettable demise of Nortel Networks. Investment and employment in tech is down.

The good news is that there are many quality, highly experienced engineers in the Ottawa area. Graphite Software is building a rock-star R&D team and we can't be more happy to help the Ottawa tech sector reach new heights.  We are up to the job!

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The office of local security firm Graphite Software is filled with excitement and echoes after securing a $4.4 million series-A financing round from Kanata-based Celtic House Venture Partners.

The echoes come from...                      read the full article at the OBJ