Archive for February 2014

SkySync: Synchronize all your storage services to one platform

Portal Architects Inc. USA has announced the availability of SkySync 2.7 for general markets. SkySync is a Windows based application, a storage solution that synchronizes & migrates files across various storage platforms including Cloud systems, Microsoft Sharepoint & network file shares.

It enables admins to automatically link to their various user home drives & Cloud storage services with a few clicks. SkySync has a smart filtering system which allows users to filter files by creation dates, modified dates or file names.

SkySync brings control to most storage platforms in a simple UI on your desktop. Multiple user accounts can be managed at once as it is designed to work with organizations of all sizes. The architecture of SkySync is designed is a way that it can handle over 100 million file transfers per instance across any number of connected systems. It also brings a detail oriented reporting system to provide admins a clear report for audit purposes.

SkySync connects with Microsoft SharePoint 2007, SharePoint 2010, SharePoint 2013, Microsoft Office 365, Box, Huddle, DropBox, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Citrix ShareFile, SugarSync, Documentum, Egnyte, Copy by Barracuda, & SalesForce.

Some important features of SkySync include: Home Panes for easy navigation, Simple job setup, Job control, Global view of jobs, Reporting, Organize system, Drag & Drop ability, One search through all your cloud storage services, Favorite folders & searches & Customizable themes. Clients also get access to more advanced features such as Email alerts & various filtering options.

Businesses can try using SkySync for free of cost for 14 days. The full version is paid & can be customized as per the requirements of the business. SkySync Pro starts at US $995 for the period of one year. SkySync Business starts at US US $4950 for the period of one year. More information can be found on their Website http://www.skysync.com/

 

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Mozilla showcases 7 commercial Firefox OS devices

firefox-os (2)With a rapidly growing market & new partners coming in, Mozilla has used the World Mobile Congress platform to launch 7 commercial Firefox OS devices, & a new self-service partner portal to fast track manufacturers & streamline bringing devices to market. The latter will enable manufacturers to resources & readily available brand information at one place.

In a press release here, Mozilla said it had also formed the ‘Open Web Device Compliance Review Board’ (CRB) along with its major partners globally, in order to define and evolve the process of encouraging API compatibility and competitive performance for open Web devices.

Meanwhile, teleco Spreadtrum has announced its first chipset on Firefox OS for US$25 entry level smartphone phones. The SC6821 redefines the entry level for smartphones in key growth markets.

2013 had witnessed a whole new range of Firefox OS devices on sale in 15 global markets, with 4 operators & 3 handsets manufacturers. Firefox has planned to expand in 8 more countries: Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Germany, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama with Telefonica this year.  Deutsche Telekom will also add 4 new markets: Croatia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia and Montenegro. After Telkomsel and Indosat joined the list of operators supporting Firefox OS, there are 21 key operators globally supporting Firefox OS open mobile ecosystem initiative.This list also includes partners announced last year: America Movil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat, Hutchison Three Group, KDDI, KT, MegaFon, Qtel, SingTel, Smart, Sprint, Telecom Italia Group, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra, TMN & VimpelCom.

Operators such as Spreadtrum, Telenor, Telkomsel ,Indosat, Polytron, T2Mobile & Thundersoft were actively working towards WCDMA and EDGE turnkey reference designs for Firefox.

As far as technology and innovation were concerned, Firefox OS devices were first of its kind built on open Web standards, with every feature developed as an HTML5 application.

Mozilla also showed the forthcoming features of Firefox OS at its press event, demonstrating its flexibility, scalability, data privacy & powerful customization empowered users, developers & carriers, to create the exact mobile experience they wanted.

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