But if a document has a terabyte of data, it's hard to sync. "Dropbox, which does not have a local server capability, lets documents be synchronized to a cloud. "Egnyte lets Google documents be saved so they can be accessed from mapped drives," he said. NEXT: Egnyte/Google Viable Microsoft Small Business Server Alternative Training a traditional user who has been used to dealing with hard drives to save files to start using the cloud is not easy, he said. another file sync and share service like Dropbox is having a local server and storage component, Chiappetta said. And they won't have to move their files around to share them."įor solution providers, the real benefit of the new Egnyte solution with Google Docs vs. "Customers will be able to save their Google documents as if they were traditional files, and not just to the cloud. "Egnyte will make Google Docs more attractive," he said.
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The release of the new Egnyte solution for Google Drive is good timing now that Microsoft has said it will retire its Windows Small Business Server Edition, said Anthony Chiappetta, president of AMC Solutions, a San Dimas, Calif.-based solution provider and partner to Egnyte, Microsoft and Google.Ĭhiappetta said he has been looking for a solution outside of the Microsoft stack that plays nicely with Google Docs. We're bringing the Google Drive to the enterprise SAN or NAS, where it can be used like a traditional application." "We allow businesses to add provisioning, real-time auditing and control for their users' Google documents. "Google can be used to create content, but it's really a single-user solution," he said. With the new solution, Egnyte, a company that counts Google as an investor, will provide a file serving platform for SMBs and enterprises that take advantage of Google Drive, Jain said. The new solution also allows Google Drive and Microsoft Office applications, including apps created by Microsoft Office 365, to be stored securely on premises, making it possible to access these files from any client or mobile device, said Vineet Jain, CEO of the Mountain View, Calif.-based storage vendor. Enterprise file sync and share service provider Egnyte this week said it is providing enterprise document collaboration and sharing for Google Drive via a solution that provides a single view of applications residing on-premises, in the cloud, or on Google Drive.
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