From Compliance Pipeline.com…
Everdream Corp., a desktop management company, plans to launch a service “in the near future” that can delete sensitive files on lost or stolen laptops, remotely.
Pre-installed software would automatically locate and alert the machine to delete sensitive data the next time the laptop connects to Everdream’s desktop management hosting service through the Internet.
Software, known as an “agent,” communicates via the network every 15 minutes to Everdream’s control center looking for new patches or virus updates. The same process also would allow the software maker to delete files.
Companies using the managed service, along with automated online backup would have immediate access to important data on the missing machine. “We’re very interested in the new feature that would wipe company information from the drive,” said Doug Harr, vice president of IT and operations at Portal Software Inc.
