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Test Drive: Can Businesses replace Dropbox with Connected Data’s Transporter?

Posted on April 9, 2015 by George Crump

Dropbox is the poster child for Shadow IT, and for good reason. The solution is easy to use and, because it operates transparently, it’s just another folder. But Dropbox was originally designed to be a consumer tool, not a business…

Tagged with: Cloud, Connected Data, File Sharing, file sync and share, FS&S, NAS, SMB, Transporter
Posted in Briefing Note

Briefing Note: Adeptia Connects Businesses and Resolves Shadow IT

Posted on April 7, 2015 by George Crump

Businesses face a common challenge in how to securely and seamlessly exchange data with other organizations they work with. The secure IT solution is to set up an FTP connection, but this takes time and isn’t exactly integrated into the…

Tagged with: Adapter, Adeptia, Cloud, file sync and share, FS&S, FTP, Shadow IT
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Briefing Note: Hitachi upgrades HCP Anywhere, adds new Object Storage Node

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Eric Slack

The new paradigm for employee computing is mobility; the right data at the right time in the right place. Users have made this clear with a willingness to set up their own cloud-based file sharing services, even at work. Companies…

Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, file sync and share, FS&S, Gateway, HDS, Hitachi Data Systems, Object
Posted in Briefing Note

Briefing Note: CTERA’s Cloud Data Services Platform Transforms SMB and ROBO IT Service Delivery

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Eric Slack

New cloud technologies and their associated economics have created both opportunities and challenges as organizations wrestle with how to govern, optimize and automate the delivery of IT services. IT managers are seeking new ways to deliver these services from within…

Tagged with: Briefing, Cloud, CTERA, Data Protection, Deduplication, Encryption, File Sharing, file sync and share, Flash, FS&S, Gateway, Hybrid, IT-as-a-Service, ITaaS
Posted in Briefing Note

Analyst Blog: Data Protection Workshops become Design-shops in 2015

Posted on February 11, 2015 by George Crump

Our second year of Data Protection Workshops, in conjunction with TechTarget/Storage Decisions, are underway and coming to a city near you. The theme of this year’s sessions will be breaking the rules of data protection to meet the stricter and…

Analyst Blog: Why Cloud File Sync and Share is not Backup

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Eric Slack

In a recent briefing note we discussed the need for backing up cloud-based productivity applications, also called Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), such as GoogleDocs, Office365 or SalesForce.com. People often assume that because these services are storing their data in the cloud, that…

Tagged with: Backup, Cloud, Data Protection, Data Retention, file sync and share, FS&S, SaaS, Software as a service
Posted in Blog

Briefing Note: Egnyte’s Content Intelligence Extends Value of File Sync and Share

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Eric Slack

Egnyte has helped create the file sync and share (FS&S) product space since their founding in 2007, focusing on the enterprise end of this crowded market. They have developed a solution set that addresses the issues most company IT organizations…