Sometimes IT vendors are guilty of answering questions that no one is asking. Such is the case with enterprise file sync and share (EFSS). For the most part, users just want to share office files with other colleagues and occasionally…
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What Went Wrong with Enterprise File Sync and Share – MyWorkDrive Briefing Note
Tagged with: Cloud, EFSS, File Share, FS&S, GDPR, MyWorkDrive, NAS, Remote, Silo, TCO
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The Big Fail – Why is Enterprise File Sync and Share STILL Failing?
A recent Forrester survey indicated that 56% of enterprise respondents either have implemented an Enterprise File Sync and Share (EFSS) solution or are in the process of installing one. At first glance, that looks good for EFSS vendors. However, on…
Tagged with: Cloud, EFSS, Encryption, file sync and share, Migration, NAS, Replication, Snapshot, Unstructured data
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StorageShort: Developing a Storage Consolidation Strategy that Lasts
At some point every IT team ventures out on a mission to consolidate its storage assets. Over the years the organization probably has created a collection of systems that do a variety of tasks ranging from systems for high-performance storage…
SlideShare: Three Steps to Eliminating Storage Silos
As an organization grows the number of use cases the data center needs to support increases with it. What starts out as a NAS for file sharing, moves to a SAN for database applications, and then storage for data protection.…
Preventing S3 Data Leaks With a NAS
It seems like every week there is news of another Amazon S3 Bucket being left wide open and its data exposed to anyone that figures out the bucket’s URL. Companies experiencing these data leaks include large Fortune 500 organizations and…
Enterprise File Sync and Share Comes of Age – FileCloud Briefing Note
File sync and share is one of those IT initiatives that administrators would rather avoid and there are what seems to be viable alternatives in the consumer cloud. The challenge with letting users take matters into their own hands is…
Tagged with: Cloud, EFSS, Encryption, file sync and share, FileCloud, FS&S, NAS, NFS, NTFS, Ransomware, SMB
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Webinar: Three Steps to Eliminating Storage Silos
As an organization grows the number of use cases the data center needs to support increases with it. What starts out as a NAS for file sharing, moves to a SAN for database applications, and then storage for data protection.…
Can You Share Files Without File Sync and Share?
Enterprise IT departments have struggled with file sharing for some time. The traditional solutions were deemed by many users to be passé and not in keeping with modern workflows. This caused many users to resort to consumer-grade solutions, leading to…
Does File Sync and Share Create A Data Deduplication Problem?
File sync and share is here to stay, and enterprise file sync and share (EFSS) is how most enterprises add this functionality to their environment. The question is whether the addition of this new service adds additional problems. For example,…
Why is the Cloud a problem for Enterprise File Sync and Share?
Some see the reliance on the public cloud as the Achilles’ heel of enterprise file sync and share (EFSS). While EFSS products are more robust than their consumer-grade counterparts, their use of the cloud does add a number of concerns…
Tagged with: Authentication, Capacity, Chain of Custody, Cloud, Deplication, EFSS, Encryption, file sync and share, FS&S, Migration, NAS, Qnext, SAN
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