Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud

Egnyte raises $6M more to bring small businesses into the cloud

Egnyte, a startup that allows small and medium businesses to store and collaborate on their files online, has raised $6 million in new funding.

Amid the many web-based storage and collaboration options out there, Egnyte has a clear focus — it’s trying to replace the traditional file server for relatively small companies with a solution that takes advantage of the web. Features include automatically saving multiple versions of a file, a system that lets administrators control… Continue Reading

Roundup: Amazon vs eBay, YouTube search ads, and more

Roundup: Amazon vs eBay, YouTube search ads, and more

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Amazon is like Apple, eBay is like Microsoft — Or at least that’s the tech-industry analogy that comes to mind when reading this piece about the increasingly competitive battle between the two e-commerce giants.

“Black” silicon is a better light receiver — A silicon variation discovered in Harvard University’s labs and licensed out to a company called SiOnyx, is far more receptive to light than ordinary silicon. The substance (pictured) may be useful for X-ray… Continue Reading

Egnyte brings business files into the cloud

Egnyte brings business files into the cloud

Egnyte is a new startup that wants to help small and medium-sized businesses move their file management into the Internet cloud. After being self-funded for two years, the Mountain View, Calif. company has just raised a first venture round of undisclosed size.

At its most basic level, Egnyte is an affordable way to store data. There are, of course, tons of online storage services out there — Dropbox, for example, is a group storage site that… Continue Reading