Remote access to servers is a well-known corporate must-have, with companies like Citrix running the show. But what about your home PC? Wouldn’t it be nice to not only access your personal files from any computer with a USB port?

Dane-Elec has announced a USB solution that does just that! Not only does it give you access, but you can set up as many as 30 people to access the home server, making it great not only for families but for small businesses too! Best of all, there’s enough storage to use it to store and stream media files and photos! No more clogging up your smartphone with pics of your last vacation, as this system also lets you access your server from an iPhone or Windows Mobile handset. This sounds like a really cool concept, and clearly the Consumer Electronics Show agrees; Dane-Elec has already won a “CES Innovations Award” for the product! Press release after the break!

DANE-ELEC LAUNCHES ‘CES INNOVATIONS AWARD’-WINNING

“NETWORK IN YOUR POCKET” MYDITTO KEY AT CES 2010

New Device Allows Users to Remotely Access Their Home or Office Servers – Using A Simple USB Key!

CES, South Hall Three/Booth #31623 (January 5, 2010)—Dane-Elec, a global leader in memory-based consumer electronics, today unveiled myDitto Key, an eagerly awaited interactive CE product that has already been named one of this year’s CES Innovations Award winners.  The groundbreaking device enables users to remotely access their home or business myDitto Servers through a direct peer-to-peer connection – simply by inserting an easy-to-use, lightweight USB key into any PC or laptop.
“There has never been a safer, easier or more affordable way to set up and access a remote server,” said Jon Christeson, Director of Marketing for Dane-Elec U.S.  “With no software to install, router to configure, or need for costly third party subscriptions, myDitto Key is a perfect fit for large families, small businesses, and everybody in between.”
How it Works: Three Easy Steps!

1. Connect the myDitto Server to a home or office router.  The device is intuitive and plug-and-play and, unlike most network storage servers on the market, can be set up by a novice in less than five minutes.  Absolutely no additional configuration is necessary.

2. Create and authenticate up to 30 personalized myDitto Keys for all users (ex. family members or employees).

3. Use your Keys!  Your myDitto users are now empowered to access all of their data from the myDitto Server regardless of their location.  Within a home or office, or in another country, users simply insert their myDitto Keys into a laptop or PC for instant access to their critical data files, music, videos and photos located on their servers. Through a software application smart phone users, including iPhone® enthusiasts, can also enjoy access to their myDitto Server.

myDitto Server: An Extra Bonus!

Dane-Elec also designed the myDitto Server as a one-step, plug ‘n play network server for the home or small business.  With no technical knowledge required, users can easily transfer digital files to the myDitto Server from both wired and wireless devices (including PCs, laptops, PDAs and smart phones).  Everyone in the home or office can then share and access all of their data from the centralized myDitto Server.
With up to four TeraBytes of memory, the myDitto Server can also be used as a customized media center, allowing users to stream its multimedia content to their TVs, media adapters, wireless picture frames and gaming consoles.  In addition, myDitto Server seamlessly backs up multiple PCs to one centralized location, and synchronizes files uploaded from myDitto Keys with those already on the network.
Benefits:

For the home

·        Simple: A USB key and plug ‘n play server.  What could be simpler?

·        Cost-Effective: No need for third-party providers

·         Mobile: Rapid remote access to an entire home network through a small and lightweight USB key; Also accessible through mobile handhelds: Windows Mobile 6.1 and higher, iPhone®

·         Secure: Personalized, authenticated USB keys coupled with password protection provide ‘two-factor’ security.
For the small business

·         Cost-Effective: No need to rely on third-party remote access providers; Fraction of the cost of a VPN solution; Eliminates the need to hire IT professionals for emergency remote user support

·         Simple: Designed for non-technical users

·         Efficient: Centralizes critical business files and digital assets, and ensures universal access to the most up-to-date documentation, sales tools and marketing materials

·         Secure: Enhanced protection through mirroring (RAID 1) data redundancy by using two hard drives on the myDitto Server; Administrator may cancel stolen or lost myDitto Keys at any time.
Pricing: SRP will start off at $249.95 –  This is a product package that includes the myDitto Server and two myDitto Keys.  Absolutely No subscriptions or fees.  Product hits shelves in March.