Friday, May 29, 2009

Since the launch of the Egnyte Local Cloud and some initial hiccups, we are finding that customers "want" to have the local cloud more than the "need" to have it. This reinforces the thought that wanting to have a local copy of some of the files/folders combined with all files being available in the cloud, is what a lot of users feel comfortable with. Analyzing this further, despite the vaunted ubiquity of the internet, customers want "off-line" access.

Building on the launch of Local Cloud on direct attached storage (DAS), we are working on releasing the Local Cloud on a corporate shared resource like a NAS device. Hopefully, we will deliver this by the June end timeline.

Meanwhile, adding to the increasing usage of Egnyte as a content repository to be shared securely or publicly, we have added more "ad-hoc" sharing capabilities i.e. Public Folders that do not require authentication.

3 comments:

redsky99 said...

Local cloud sounds like it is going to be a great resource for enhancing my sharing capabilities, I'm looking foward to learning more about it.

Amberc28 said...

Its important in the workd of web 2.0 today that we have access to services with great sharing features. I'm looking foward to learning more about local cloud.

stacyk19 said...

Sharing features are vital in todays fast paced, internet based environments, I'm glad local cloud is on top of things.