Along with the the Jungle Disk Desktop 2.0 release we’re also pleased to announce the availability of a public beta for the Workgroup Edition. First announced back in April, the Workgroup Edition allows multiple users to securely share a single Amazon S3 account without sharing the account credentials with each user. Instead, sub-accounts are created for each user, and an administrator can control which buckets a user has access to, including support for read-only buckets. The software supports an unlimited number of sub-accounts and buckets.

The Workgroup Edition makes it easy for small companies to backup their desktops and have a secure network drive to share between employees. The software is built on the robust and well-tested codebase of the Desktop Edition. The pricing for the Workgroup Edition software is simple - just $2 per user per month, which includes all the Jungle Disk Plus functionality as well. Each user can install the software on multiple machines at no additional charge and free upgrades are included. All you pay for storage and transfer is the base Amazon S3 rates($0.15 per gigabyte) making Jungle Disk Workgroup Edition one of the most affordable workgroup storage solutions available.

You can read more about the Workgroup Edition on our newly redesigned website.  Companies interested in trying out the beta version can sign-up now and get started right away.