Tag Archives: syncplicity

July 31, 2012 Posted in Business 12 Comments

Dropbox Security Issues–IT has itself to Blame

By Ben Kepes

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

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July 16, 2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

Primadesk Brings One Interface to Cloud Content

By Ben Kepes

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

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February 9, 2012 Posted in Business 3 Comments

On Google Drive, and Core Focus, and Dropbox

By Ben Kepes

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

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December 13, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

YouSendIt Moves Beyond File Sending–Takes on Backup/Sync Vendors in a Mobile Way

By Ben Kepes

File sending vendor YouSendIt is today broadening its offering significantly by announcing the release of the new YouSendIt that includes multi-device applications (iOS, Android and desktop). But the big news, outside of simple file sending (which, I have to state, is actually a really useful feature especially when sending large

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November 15, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Syncplicity moves to Document Lifecycle and Workflow

By Ben Kepes

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

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June 23, 2011 Posted in Business Leave a comment

Cloud and SMBs

By Ben Kepes

A little while ago Christina DesMarais from Inc magazine asked a question on focus.com about the best small business applications out there. I live SMB so this was a question right up my alley. It seemed worthwhile to recount my answer here; Hi Christina – you’re speaking my language. I

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December 23, 2010 Posted in Business 1 Comment

Folder Sharing with a Twist–Monetization. And a Bad PR Rant

By Ben Kepes

Warning – only part of this post is a product review, while the rest is a rant against bad PR. But for anyone out there with a fledgling product (or an established product for that matter) the second part of the post is worthwhile reading and thinking about… There’s a

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July 19, 2010 Posted in Business 2 Comments

OxygenCloud Opens the Kimono

By Ben Kepes

I recently spent some time talking with OxygenCloud. I’ve spent a bit of time talking with these guys over the past year, first meeting them when they called themselves LeapFile. OxygenCloud sells itself as a "secure virtual file system platform, featuring native desktop collaboration and cloud storage for business users".

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June 10, 2010 Posted in enterprise, Strategy 3 Comments

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

By Ben Kepes

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 [...]

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Ben Kepes is a technology evangelist, an investor, a commentator and a business adviser. Ben covers the convergence of technology, mobile, ubiquity and agility, all enabled by the Cloud. His areas of interest extend to enterprise software, software integration, financial/accounting software, platforms and infrastructure as well as articulating technology simply for everyday users.

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