used with permission from Microsoft Office Blogs In the last decade, the mobile workforce has increased by more than 100 percent—not that surprising when we consider the abundant improvement in technology over that same time period. Telecommuting offers wonderful...
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PortlandCloud v5.0 Upgrade
The latest update to our PortlandCloud.com portal brings a whole new look to CTERA's hybrid cloud appliances, and several new features to cloud drive! Here are some of the highlights: All-New User Interface Snazzy new interface with HTML-5 goodness. The...
SpireTech Launches Enterprise File Sync & Sharing solution
SpireTech has launched an Enterprise File Sync and Sharing (EFSS) service using private portal and server technology from CTERA networks. The new features include VPN-free office-to-office server synchronization, and fine-grained control over synchronization of data...
Secure Cloud collaboration and backup
SpireTech had been searching for a cost-effective solution for Cloud server connectivity for our clients for several years. Everything we looked at was either too expensive, did not provide security and control over where the data resides, or did not work as...
Business Cloud File Storage Revisited
A few months ago, we reviewed the open-source package OwnCloud. Since then, we've been through a few version updates and bugfixes, and are unhappy to report that Owncloud is not ready for prime-time yet. Our main beef at this point involves file...
SpireTech Labs: OwnCloud
OwnCloud is an open-source software package that allows companies to setup a dropbox-like environment for employee use. It comes with clients for windows, mac, linux, android, and very soon, iOS – as well as a server component that works on either Linux or Windows. ...
Google Expands Cloud Services
Google has stepped into the cloud storage arena with its new evolution of Google Docs. The service, named Google Drive, comes with 5GB of free space and payment options for up to 16TB of storage in its cloud. The client software offers central storage for documents,...