| | 19 AUGUST 2021One major advantage for TeamDrive is that it eliminates the use of a VPN network due to the fully end-to-end encrypted service out of the box. Teams are able to set up a secure collaboration space within minutes. It is easy to set up and intuitive to use without the need for expert support. "We saw a strong increase of new customers during the Covid-19 pandemic as a result of the required home-office use. Customers who used TeamDrive like cloud collaboration services before Covid-19 were lucky as they were able to work from home uninterrupted, fully secure and compliant," adds Paul McCullagh, CTO, TeamDrive.The Pursuit of Continued ExcellenceOwing to its robust capabilities, TeamDrive has captured the attention of several small businesses across Europe. Small business, schools and non-profit organisations prefer TeamDrive for its ease of use and attractive pricing (free for non-commercial use). TeamDrive is recommended by the German Lawyer Association to its 76,000 lawyers to use encrypted cloud services to exchange and collaborate with each lawyer's clients. In the healthcare market, TeamDrive is used to transmit highly secure certificates to vaccination centres, doctors, pharmacists, and public healthcare centres. This distribution process is fully automated. On the server where the certificates are issued, a process uses the local TeamDrive client´s API to generate encrypted data rooms for each receiving party. The invitation and authentication processes are all fully automated and fully documented in an audit trail. This solution shows how TeamDrive scales for thousands of users in independent network environments. During the COVID-19 pandemic, this service has proved instrumental in issuing certified vaccination documents.TeamDrive currently has more than 550,000 users who are using the TeamDrive client software. Apart from online sales via the TeamDrive online shop, TeamDrive actively works with a reseller and partner network throughout Europe. TeamDrive also licenses its technology to other companies as private label or OEM versions. The company currently houses a development team of 10 developers in Hamburg and a small development team near Vancouver, Canada."We see that end-to-end encrypted services will grow into many other segments beyond just the document collaboration space. As we see from the Covid-19 certification distribution project, fully automated services supported by an easy and unlimited scalable encrypted cloud service will grow in its importance as digitalisation evolves," notes Schmuck. Also, the strong growth of unencrypted cloud Services like MS Teams and OneDrive will open opportunities of a growing need to provide encryption extensions. "Our Cloud Services are used worldwide but with a strong sales focus on Europe, at the moment. The reasons being the GDPR requirements which are a strong reason for European companies to choose a local service. Our plan is to work with partners or OEMs for international markets," says Schmuck. Using the available APIs, the TeamDrive technology is growing towards providing a secure transportation layer for the internet of things (IoT) and machine learning collaboration. This is part of the larger set of services that this dynamic and innovative company aims to deliver in the future. Many customers, like doctors, tax-advisors, lawyers and also teachers and priests are dealing with sensitive, confidential and personal information. TeamDrive allows these professionals to send, exchange and collaborate in privacy with their clients
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