Egnyte nets $29.5 million in cash to raise its profile outside the valley
Enterprise file-share vendor will use the cash to bolster sales and marketing in regions outside Northern California and to triple R&D staff in Eastern Europe.
News flash: Dropbox still wants to be the Dropbox of the Enterprise …
… and it’s borrowing the concept of a partner program from legacy IT vendors to make it so
OwnCloud makes its enterprise file sync service even more enterprise-y
Latest OwnCloud offers AES encryption at rest and other bennies for IT pros but still offers an easy Dropbox-like user interface.
Egnyte opens up cloud options for its storage service
Up till now, Egnyte customers could manage their storage in house or on Egnyte’s cloud. Now they can use EgnytePlus to move stuff among and between Amazon, Google and NetApp clouds as well.
Box woos the enterprise with more security features, partnerships
File-share-and-sync vendor Box will announce more enterprise-friendly security features and alliances at the RSA Conference on Monday.
Cloud storage wars rage on with OwnCloud’s new release
OwnCloud released its community edition and updated the business version of its service which lets IT store employee files in its cloud of choice. Cloud storage for business is a white hot market at least in terms of vendor activity.
Cloud storage startup Egnyte nets $16M to boost brand
Egnyte nets $16 million in Series C funding to position itself as a leading hybrid cloud storage provider. The cash brings its total funding to $32 million. Google Ventures led the round which included funding from existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Polaris.
Box cloud storage hits a glitch
Cloud storage provider Box experienced a snafu early today, as some users reported via Twitter that they could not access their stored documents. The company acknowledged that some customers experienced difficulty getting to their Box-stored files for about two hours early Tuesday.
Box on the road to an IPO
Box, the cloud storage company that would like to be the “Dropbox of the Enterprise” appears headed for an IPO next year.
The company just added Dana Evans, former CFO of Verisign, to its board and named her head of its audit committee.
Pogoplug pitches cheaper cloud storage alternative
Cloud Engines’ Pogoplug Team software creates “on-site storage clouds” using existing PCs or servers in a way it claims is far cheaper than the various Dropboxes for the enterprise. Authorized remote workers can access folders or files as needed.