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Exchange ActiveSync (MobileSync) vs Good Old IMAP + SMTP

Monday, October 6th, 2014

Many years ago, it used to be that if you had a cell phone that had an email program included, you could configure using IMAP and SMTP to allow you to check email and send email…. just like how a desktop email program worked.

This is still the case, of course. However, as far back as 1996, Microsoft introduced the first version of “ActiveSync”, a protocol designed to allow mobile devices supporting it to synchronize email, calendars, tasks, and contacts with Microsoft’s Exchange server. ActiveSync has evolved over time, getting faster, offering support for use in every modern mobile device. While ActiveSync was designed to work with the Exchange server, these days it also works with other non-Exchange services that can talk the “ActiveSync language,” e.g. LuxSci through its Mobile Sync service.

In general, ActiveSync is much better than using IMAP and SMTP, though there are a few small corner cases where IMAP may be better for you. Below, we shall compare them from an end-user perspective … trying to shed some light on “which is better” from a practical point of view.

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Tags: activesync, android, Exchange ActiveSync, imap, iOS, push email, remote wipe, smtp
Posted in LuxSci Library: Email Programs and Devices, Mobile
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HIPAA Alert: Contacts, Calendar Events and Tasks may contain ePHI!

Monday, February 3rd, 2014

When health care organizations review their operations to see where electronic protected health information (ePHI) is being saved, transmitted, and viewed, a great deal of time is spent on the obvious candidates: email, chat, stored files, and health records, etc.

Many overlook the fact that ePHI can be embedded in Contacts, Calendars, and Tasks.  Consider for example:

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Tags: address books, android, blackberry, calendar, contacts, doctor, health care, hipaa, hipaa compliant, ipad, iphone, medical, mobile sync, nurse, synchronization, tasks, webaides
Posted in Business Solutions, Collaboration
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HIPAA Compliant Calendars, Contacts and Reminders – Tasks for your iPhone and Android

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

While use of mobile devices and tablets in medical situations is pervasive; HIPAA compliant synchronization and storage of such information is often seriously lacking.  Everyone knows email can contain ePHI, but calendar appointments, address books, and task lists can and do contain just as much ePHI and their secure use must be strictly enforced.

LuxSci’s WebAide collaboration tools, combined with MobileSync for real-time synchronization with mobile phone and tablets (and Outlook 2013), provide a simple and effective HIPAA compliant solution for synchronized mobile accessible calendars, contacts and reminders or tasks (oh ya, and email).

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Tags: acrivesync, address book, android, calendar, contacts, exchange, hipaa, hipaa compliant, ical, iphone, outlook, tasks, webaide
Posted in LuxSci Library: HIPAA, Mobile
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DuoSecurity: Advanced Two-Factor Login for LuxSci’s Web Interface

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Two-Factor logins require users to

  1. Enter their username and password correctly (the 1st factor)
  2. Authenticate a second way (e.g., by entering a code delivered to their mobile phones).
Using two-factor authentication ensures that even if a user’s password is discovered, guessed, or captured, a malicious user still cannot gain access to the user’s account … at least not without also having access to the second factor.
Two-factor authentication significantly enhances the security of any system:
  • LuxSci staff use it for all administrative actions through our web interface and the server command line.
  • It is required for PCI compliance
  • It is appropriate for HIPAA compliance
LuxSci has long offered a simple and effective two-factor option for its web interface. Now, LuxSci also supports DuoSecurity Two-Factor authentication. This option provides many advanced user and administration features and is cost-effective (usually free) for small organizations.

Tags: android, bypess code, duo, DuoSecurity, hardware token, iphone, pci compliance, sms, two-factor, two-factor authentication
Posted in LuxSci Library: Security and Privacy, New Feature Announcements
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Capture Ink Signatures in your Web Forms: Handwritten Signatures from Desktop and Mobile Devices

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Ink Signatures enable you to capture the handwritten signatures of your web form users and save these with their form submissions.

  • Easy: Users can employ a mouse or stylus on desktop or laptop computers; a stylus or their finger on a mobile device
  • Compatible: Works with all major web browsers and iPhone, iPad, and Android-powered mobile devices.

If you would like customers to sign their name to your web form, rather than merely checking a “checkbox,” now you can — and it is easy with the LuxSci Secure Form service.

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Tags: ajax, android, api, canvas, charge back, digital signature, html5, ink signature, ipad, iphone, pdf, secureform, signature, template, web form, written, written signature
Posted in New Feature Announcements, Secure Form
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