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Added By Apoorv Durga on 10-May-2013
In an earlier post on this topic, I mentioned that for Cloud File-Sharing (CFS) Platforms to become a part of the enterprise layer -- as opposed to just serving as stand-alone tools like most of them do now -- they would need to improve in a number of areas. One of the key areas where almost all the tools need improvement is in the area of reporting and compliance ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 22-Apr-2013
We've just published our 2013 edition of the Cloud File Sharing and Collaboration Marketplace Analysis. This advisory briefing looks at how the marketplace -- both in terms of products and vendors -- is evolving.
For 2013 we isolate three key trends: ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 15-Apr-2013
The poster child of cloud-based file sharing services, Dropbox has announced this new service targeting enterprises. The service costs $795 per year for 5 users and includes 1 TB of storage space. Enterprise features include ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 28-Mar-2013
April and May often seem like a long continuous road trip for The Real Story Group analyst team. We're out teaching and speaking at many of the industry's premier events, and meeting with our subscribers both near and far ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 18-Mar-2013
Some common arguments against cloud-based services in general -- and cloud-based file sharing services in particular -- revolve around the security implications of your files getting stored outside your firewall.
A typical argument goes like this ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 27-Feb-2013
Salesforce.com has a gap in their marketing cloud in the key area of Marketing Automation (MA). In general this is not a bad thing, since they integrate with several other MA vendors instead ... Continue Reading
Added By Jarrod Gingras on 25-Feb-2013
Every so often, though, it is important to take a step back from the details and look at the more macro-trends that are facing today's business and technology decision-makers ... Continue Reading
Added By Kashyap Kompella on 21-Feb-2013
Where's the fine print? You can creatively define a category that eliminates everyone else and preside over a parallel universe in which only you reside. ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 6-Feb-2013
Salesforce.com has acquired EntropySoft, a French content integration and migration vendor. Some observers have speculated this is a way for Salesforce to enter the Enterprise Content Management marketplace. I think a closer look will reveal a different rationale ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 29-Jan-2013
Here's the latest edition of our famous vendor subway map. With this latest iteration, we add the Cloud File Sharing marketplace, a.k.a., the beige line.
We also account for other vendor additions and subtractions -- typically via mergers and acquisitions, such as the ones that finally put Oracle firmly on the purple line ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 14-Jan-2013
A key characteristic of anything "cloud" is elasticity and scalability. Technically, those two terms mean different things (that's another post), but often they're used interchangeably. In any case, for many enterprise customers, it gives the impression that with employing cloud-based applications, scaling up no longer becomes a problem.
Wrong ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 18-Dec-2012
Every year we make predictions about the coming annum, and every year, we go back and see how our predictions actually fared. See, for example, our assessment of our 2011 predictions.
Below I'll evaluate how our 2012 predictions (from December, 2011) held up ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 12-Dec-2012
Today, I believe that as enterprises transition more to SaaS-based tools for many processes, this role will be increasingly played by cloud-based file-sharing (CFS) tools. In a cloud-connected enterprise, file-sharing platforms will become comparatively easier to integrate and potentially serve as a repository for a variety of other, SaaS-based tools ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 10-Dec-2012
Cloud-based file-sharing technology has emerged as an enterprise concern, with more organizations seeking to address employee needs pro-actively by licensing approved platforms.
Our just-released Cloud File Sharing and Collaboration evaluation research takes a close look at this newly emerging marketplac ... Continue Reading
Added By Irina Guseva on 7-Dec-2012
If you're undertaking a selection of a WCXM or a DAM system, or any other piece of enterprise technology for that matter, you'll want to see a demo, to witness first-hand all the bells and whistles ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 5-Dec-2012
Yesterday Jane McConnell shared a nice tidbit from her (excellent) survey of global intranet managers, that "40% of large enterprises believe in the digital workplace."
I believe this is great progress ... Continue Reading
Added By Theresa Regli on 4-Dec-2012
Each year around this time, all the Real Story Group analysts get together to partake in some crystal-ball gazing about where the content technology market will head in the next year.
Here are our collective predictions for 2013: ... Continue Reading
Added By Tony Byrne on 30-Nov-2012
Identifying and selecting the right KM tools can prove a decisive factor in your success ... Continue Reading
Added By Apoorv Durga on 28-Nov-2012
Just because these tools usually target relatively simpler use cases, it does not mean they come without challenges. There are issues of mobile access, integration, security. and a host of other enterprise specific issues. We evaluate these in greater details in our forthcoming Cloud File Sharing and Collaboration report ... Continue Reading
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