The enterprise file share and sync (EFSS) space is an incredibly busy one with much angst of late. First, it was the news that Huddle, one of the early players in the space, was acquired in a fire sale…
M-Files cloud-based products got its start almost exactly seven years ago when Motive Systems, a Dallas, Tex.-based document management vendor, introduced a new, cloud-based, information management platform. At the time, M-Files was attempting, alongside the other cloud-based solutions, most…
Business Insider recently ran the story telling the world about the acquisition of Huddle, an enterprise collaboration vendor that I’ve been covering for many years. It seems like only yesterday that I was sitting down at a park in…
Hive. A great name for a startup with an interesting history. Hive is a new startup founded by a couple of experienced guys. John Furneaux is the ex-global head of customer success at Huddle while Eric Typaldos was previously…
I recently took the opportunity to sit down with Jesse Lipson, previously head of ShareFile and, since its acquisition, GM of Data Sharing at Citrix. Lipson wanted to talk to me about the ShareFile solution but we also spent…
Those of us who advocate for a move to the cloud often talk of cloud applications ending enterprise silos – the malaise where different data is stored in lots of different applications and where different departments don’t use any…
Having had a little while to reflect on a month that saw me attend both DreamForce and BoxWorks, I wanted to get down some thoughts on what is happening with Box, one of Silicon Valley’s current darlings. This is…
At Lotusphere IBM is today announcing a host of new offerings aimed at seeing it gain some relevance in the social enterprise space. There are a heap of announcements but the highlights include; New social analytics software that integrates…
Part of my excitement about the CloudU program I’m running this year is the expectation that through it we’ll reach true Mom and Pop SMBs and tell them about the benefits of Cloud Computing. The reality is that at…
The organization of the future will be organic — it will readily change to the specific situation it finds itself in at any one time. Collaborative teams will form on a project-specific basis, coming together to leverage symbiotic skills and move on when the project is complete. Physical workplaces will also look different – with workers coming and going in a flexible manner, and skilled individuals working across multiple organizations and multiple projects.