Kevin, you nailed it. Can’t disclose all the details but yes, you will be hearing about “something” in that regard in January 2009, which based on the beta tests indicates that will beautifully address the challenge of complete cloud based solution that are beyond the control of the service provider – for example, someone’s internet connection going down.

Regards

Vineet

Vineet, thanks for adding additional information about your company’s offering. Your statement referring to “all team members” actually supports my logic in that Egnyte is geared towards the enterprise. In my opinion, netbooks generally are not.

That doesn’t mean you won’t find them in the enterprise of course, but they’re essentially a consumer electronics device that complement other consumer notebooks and desktops. Hence, my call for file synchronization. Perhaps that’s a configurable or optional feature we might see in the future from Egnyte?

Kevin,

In ths release we have enabled the Egnyte desktop access for linux os, since most netbooks are on some flavor of Linux or XP. For one power user license, the unlimited storage option is at $35/month but as you have stated in a team situation, with 3 power users, storage is unlimited by default.

The idea is to provide a virtual server accessible real-time to all team members whether they use a netbook, notebook or desktop. Since, changes made by any person are immediately available to others, the “synchronization” on local computers is not required. In fact, for storage challenged netbooks, we believe local synchronization is a “no go”.

Also, due to a small form factor of the netbooks, they are more prone to loss/theft and therefore carrying copies of files locally is a big risk. Hence, Egnyte’s virtual file server accessible from a netbook gives the best of both worlds – unlimited storage and direct access (as long as you have an internet connection).

Regards