Conclusions

Very few products that come in for review are not only impressive and feature-rich enough to spend a considerable amount of extra time evaluating, but few are designed with such unique functionality that they end up being a pleasure to use.  The n-Tegrity Pro from the talented folks at n-Trance is one if these rare products that will certainly impress.  After having the pleasure of spending countless hours discovering and testing its somewhat endless array of features, this biometric flash drive is certainly in a class of its own and not to be mistaken as "just another flash drive". 

Ultimate Security

It is hard to summarize all the features covered in this article but I guess the best place to start is none other than its highly impressive level of security.  From the start, it is very clear that this is the primary area of focus and the attention to detail leaves no compromises.  The biometric sensor is pretty much the starting point.  It is from here that they take full advantage of it in a number of very unique ways.  Other than using it simply to unlock the drive and its data within, the biometric sensor is used in a number of other ingenious ways.  For example, it is the first product I have found that allows RDC connections via your fingerprint!  In addition to that, the fingerprint scanner can be used to lock/unlock your PC and also as method to log into networks.  Heck, they are even bold enough to offer some pretty extreme measures to ensure data security.  Features like "Play It Safe" and its ability to perform automatic deletion of files based on user-defined parameters is enough to please even the most discerning user.  Finally, n-Trance has developed a web authentication solution that will definitely limit access to systems and/or data unless you have one of these neat little drives.  For the extremely paranoid, there are options to permanently delete data, leaving absolutely no trace of any kind.  Overall, in terms of a security standpoint, they have all end covered.

Practically Endless Array of Features

Without a doubt, this flash drive is in a class of its own in terms of features.  I highly doubt you'll find a similar product with this many features focusing heavily on data management and security.  There's so much to say but I'll at least summarize the main features here.  Starting with "n-Act" and its impressive application management features, the n-Tegrity allows you to not only install and automatically run a high number of portable versions of common software, but all data and history is stored on the drive itself, leaving absolutely no trace on the host system.  This includes applications like those pre-installed, which include My IE, Thunderbird, Miranda and Skype. 

The most impressive to me though was the main "n-Pass" utility.  Not only can you further tweak the level of security from here, but there are quite a number of very useful feature here, some of which have never been offered or implemented before by any product and/or company.  For one, you have a pretty decent data and contact management solution that allows you to not only store your main contacts and your most personal information, but all data is completely secure and most play a role with other supported applications to ensure the most secure means of communication and sharing of such data.  Finally, let's not forget the impressive VPN, RDC and Web authentication features!  They all work extremely well and the first of its kind in terms of security and clever implementation.  Your fingerprint allows access to any of these sources, combining a number of other security features to ensure the highest level of security possible.

What's Not To Like?

Unfortunately, every product has its share of flaws.  With the n-Tegrity, it was only in the area of performance.  However, there are reasons for this and its benefits certainly out way this compromise.  The n-Tegrity's main focus is obviously security and with that said, there's actually a number of reasons as to why it can be quite slow in terms of performance.  One example is the application load times.  The drive will struggle to load all portable apps you have configured for auto run and the reason behind this is that all primary use and activity will reside on the drive itself.  This is very important to note here because there's plenty that goes on behind the scenes in terms of writing to the drive.  As an example, surfing the web will be much slower because all history is captured on the drive rather than the host machine.  That is honestly just one of many features that makes this product so impressive.  As expected, the extensive performance tests conducted left little to be desired.  It will be significantly slower to read and write from it do its unique capabilities.  Keep in mind that this is probably why it really isn't labeled as a flash storage drive per say, but rather a portable data management solution.

Your Own Personal Secured Environment

Folks, the best way I can describe this product is that it is one that will provide ultimate peace of mind thanks to its highly unique features which will basically provide you with your own secured working environment, regardless of what PC you plug this little beast in.  Despite its major flaws in terms of performance, once you play with it and understand the way it functions, you'll clearly appreciate what it has to offer and accept this compromise.  With that said, the n-Tegrity Pro earns our very highest recommendation and "Extreme Excellence Award". 

More info on the n-Trance n-Tegrity Pro can be found on their Official Website.  Unfortunately, those in the USA will be unable to easily purchase one.  This may change based on an exchange of emails I've had with them.  However, the good news is that they will have it available for direct purchase very soon via this website.

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