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Dropbox Security Issues–IT has itself to Blame

Dropbox Security Issues–IT has itself to Blame

By Ben Kepes on July 31, 2012

So Dropbox, the file sharing, backup and sync service that has been setting the world on fire, seems to have had some serious problems of late. It seems a large number of users have received spam e-mails and, in response, Dropbox has bought in a SWAT team of security experts

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts, Security | Tagged cloud computing, cloud storage, dropbox, Email address, syncplicity, twitter, User (computing) | 4 Responses

Primadesk Brings One Interface to Cloud Content

Primadesk Brings One Interface to Cloud Content

By Ben Kepes on July 16, 2012

Those who call ourselves early adopters have a tendency to sign up to services on a regular basis. If I think about where my own content sits – I have images in Picasa, Flickr and Facebook. Documents in Google Drive, DropBox, Box and Syncplicity, contacts in at least a couple

Posted in Application Software | Tagged dropbox, facebook, flickr, google, picasa, syncplicity | 1 Response

On Google Drive, and Core Focus, and Dropbox

On Google Drive, and Core Focus, and Dropbox

By Ben Kepes on February 9, 2012

News today (admittedly for the umpteenth time in the last few years) that Google looks likely to finally roll out its cloud storage product, G Drive. According to the WSJ; Drive allows people to store photos, documents and videos on Google’s servers so that they could be accessible from any

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged cloud storage, dropbox, google, google docs, sugarsync, syncplicity, wall street journal

Syncplicity moves to Document Lifecycle and Workflow

Syncplicity moves to Document Lifecycle and Workflow

By Ben Kepes on November 15, 2011

I use a bunch of document and file synchronization, backup and collaboration tools. From SugarSync to Box.net, from Dropbox to Syncplicity I’ve pretty much used, and currently use, them all. One of the things that interests me from a business strategy perspective, is how companies that primarily sit in the backup and synchronization space manage […]

Posted in Application Software, Featured Posts | Tagged backup, box.net, dropbox, google docs, sugarsync, syncplicity

Syncplicity Reseller Program: Will It Work?

Syncplicity Reseller Program: Will It Work?

By Krishnan Subramanian on February 14, 2011

Syncplicity (see previous CloudAve coverage), the cloud based file storage and management company, today revamped their channel strategy by opening up a Reseller Program. This is a step up from the referral programs that usually offer an one time referral fees and designed to maintain an ongoing relationship with their resellers. This will allow IT […]

Posted in Application Software | Tagged briefs, channel, cloud storage, reseller, storage, syncplicity

Syncplicity Enhances Their Business Edition To Compete Harder In The Crowded Marketplace

Syncplicity Enhances Their Business Edition To Compete Harder In The Crowded Marketplace

By Krishnan Subramanian on October 6, 2010

Syncplicity (see previous CloudAve coverage), the cloud based file storage and management company, yesterday announced the release of additional features for their Business Edition. This will help them compete harder with services like Sugarsync, Box.Net, etc. in the business space. With this release, Syncplicity makes it clear that they want to target the corporate accounts. […]

Posted in Infrastructure | Tagged box.net, business edition, cloud storage, dropbox, enterprises, smb, storage, sugarsync, syncplicity

Box Takes on Desktop Sync, the Space Gets Ever More Crowded

Box Takes on Desktop Sync, the Space Gets Ever More Crowded

By Ben Kepes on June 10, 2010

I’ve written before about a number of desktop sync products I use – these products help me to keep my life organized across multiple devices (see my Syncplicity posts for example). The fact is that, for me at least, I live on three different laptops, a desktop from time-to-time and one or two mobile devices […]

Posted in Enterprise, Strategy | Tagged box.net, dropbox, sugarsync, syncplicity

Differentiating in a Commoditized World: On Syncplicity and Expanz

Differentiating in a Commoditized World: On Syncplicity and Expanz

By Ben Kepes on April 27, 2010

At the Cloud Connect event in San Jose, Allister Croll gave an excellent presentation, actually as an aside, Croll ran close to half of the Cloud Connect sessions and really did a sterling job of managing the conference. Anyway – in his session Croll was talking about the opportunities for investment in the cloud and […]

Posted in Design | Tagged allister croll, azure, expanz, iaas, microsoft, paas, rod drury, syncplicity, xero

Dropbox – Envisaging a Future Well Beyond Files

Dropbox – Envisaging a Future Well Beyond Files

By Ben Kepes on February 9, 2010

I’ve been talking a lot recently to cloud storage, cloud synchronization and cloud backup vendors (all variations on a theme but they all have a different emphasis to what they do). Recently I had a couple of opportunities to talk with Dropbox, first with founder Drew Houston, and later with recently appointed SVP Marketing and […]

Posted in Marketing, Product reviews, Strategy | Tagged backup, dropbox, sugarsync, synchronization, syncplicity | 3 Responses

GDrive – A Rose By Any Other Name

GDrive – A Rose By Any Other Name

By Ben Kepes on January 13, 2010

I posted late last year about some movements I saw happening in the short term around Google’s long fabled GDrive offering. Well it seems I was right (actually I knew I was right!), this morning Google announced it was allowing upload of any file times to be made within Google docs. While very sensitive to […]

Posted in General, Product reviews | Tagged gdrive, google, storage, syncplicity | 1 Response

GDrive, Rackspace Cloud Drive, Syncplicity Drive – It’s a Veritable Driving Range up in the Clouds

GDrive, Rackspace Cloud Drive, Syncplicity Drive – It’s a Veritable Driving Range up in the Clouds

By Ben Kepes on December 1, 2009

Anyone who contends that we’re not reaching some kind of critical mass with complete solutions from cloud services should really look at what’s going on behind the scenes. Initially used for just point solutions by way of SaaS, and then infrastructure plays (Gmail replacing exchange, Amazon Web Services for hardware), we’re now rapidly getting to […]

Posted in General, Product reviews | Tagged backup, chrome, chromeos, rackspace, synchronisation, syncplicity | 4 Responses

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

By Ben Kepes on August 10, 2009

Disclaimer – The following post includes strong opinions and strong language, It’ll also annoy a small, but ultra-powerful group of individuals. What the hell….. Recently I had the privilege to have a first hand glimpse of the fundraising woes of an internet start-up. Without giving details, it’ll suffice it to say that I spent some […]

Posted in General, Strategy | Tagged akismet, funding, GigaOM, Strategy, syncplicity, true ventures, VC, venture capital | 1 Response

The Reality About Changing the World…

By Ben Kepes on May 19, 2009

One of my self-appointed roles in life is to provide something of a foil to the hyper-optimistic claims of just how fast the world is changing technology wise. Now of course I’m an evangelist for the enabling aspects of technology generally and my pet topic SaaS specifically, but I’m also a realist at a macro […]

Posted in General, Strategy | Tagged cloud, hosting, mobileme, saas, sugarsync, syncplicity, vpn | 1 Response

Syncplicity Focus Groups: the Bumpy Road from Free to Paid

Syncplicity Focus Groups: the Bumpy Road from Free to Paid

By Zoli Erdos on February 26, 2009

SaaS providers increasingly find that customer love is not enough to make a living nowadays, but the road from free to premium is bumpy. The search for revenue leads to introducing premium services, starting to charge for previously free ones or shifting focus from the consumer to the business market.  The transition is anything but […]

Posted in Strategy | Tagged customer focus, fremium, monetization, online backup, startup business models, synchronization, syncplicity

Ma.Gnolia Data Loss, What Have We Learned?

Ma.Gnolia Data Loss, What Have We Learned?

By Zoli Erdos on January 30, 2009

Ma.gnolia , a social bookmarking service is down, lost all their user data and they don’t know if / when they can recover.  This is as bad as it can get for any Web 2.0 service (and more importantly for users), and the backlash against Cloud services has already started.   Krish will do has a

Posted in Security | Tagged backup, data backup, flickr, gmail, google, live mesh, mozy, online backup, online sync, synchronization, syncplicity, web services, zoho | 21 Responses

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