Egnyte debuts cloud-agnostic approach to storage with ‘Cloud Control’

Enterprise cloud storage startup Egnyte has launched Cloud Control, its next-gen content and sharing infrastructure product that should give its users more flexibility over cloud strategies.

Egnyte pushes hybrid cloud ahead with 5M file server syncing & 25 MB/sec uploads

Enterprise cloud storage startup Egnyte has added the ability to sync 5 million files from a single device and increased its upload speed maximum to a ultra-fast 25 megabytes per second.

Funding Daily: venture capital makes it rain with downpour of investment

Funding news flooded our wire today with so many announcements and releases, it was like swimming upstream in a hurricane to keep up with it all. We’re having to include a lightning round below just to cover all the bases. …

Hybrid cloud storage biz Egnyte snags $16M from Google Ventures, KPCB, & Polaris

Enterprise cloud storage startup Egnyte has raised $16 million from Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Polaris Venture Partners in its third round of funding, the company announced Tuesday.

Egnyte helps businesses with various hybrid cloud storage solutions …

Egnyte brazenly targets Box’s customers with “Box Buster Buyout” program

In an incredibly brazen move, enterprise cloud storage provider Egnyte has introduced the “Box Buster Buyout” program, which is designed to steal away Box‘s customers by essentially paying them to switch to Egnyte.

Egnyte helps businesses with various cloud storage …

Box rival Egnyte overhauls HybridCloud storage solution for businesses

Enterprise-focused cloud storage company Egnyte has added many new capabilities to its HybridCloud File Sharing service, including a new HTML5 interface, support for 10,000 concurrent users, and better collaboration tools, the company announced today.

Egnyte competes with heavily with Box …

Averail exits stealth, nabs $6M to improve mobile file management

Mobile content management startup Averail has raised $6 million in its first round of funding and exited stealth mode, the company announced Tuesday morning.

Averail co-founder and head of marketing John Drewry told us the company wants to make management …

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform down for more than half a day

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform suffered a serious outage Tuesday evening and many customers are still without full access, according to the Azure Service Dashboard.

Azure is used by many companies to host and build web applications through Microsoft’s own data …

Box bets on Android in business with new update, gives all users 50GB storage free

Cloud storage powerhouse Box has updated its Android app with tons of new features. And to celebrate, the company is giving away 50GB of free storage to any Android user who logs in during the next 30 days.

There has …

FileTrek grabs $10M from Anthem Venture Partners, Telesystem to help businesses track cloud-based files

Cloud file management startup FileTrek has exited stealth mode with good news: it has raised $10 million in second-round funding and is ready to show businesses that it’s the best option for securely sharing and tracking files in the cloud.…

The “cloud” bubble: Avoiding the jargon & finding the money (video)

If you’ve had just about enough of “leveraging infrastructures” and “cloud-based platforms-as-a-service” and 10-year-old engineers raising $100 million for fancy-sounding vaporware, this is a good interview for you to watch.

Vineet Jain has been around the block when it comes …

iPads in the enterprise: CEO ego is driving adoption

iPads have taken over the boardroom, and corporate CEOs and their egos are to thank for the somewhat surprising trend. At least, that’s the consensus among a panel of cloud computing and enterprise experts who gathered to discuss the reality …