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November 03, 2009
Gladinet Releases Cloud Desktop v1.3
By David Sims, TMCnet Contributing Editor
Following its launch of the new Cloud Gateway (News - Alert) v1.0, Gladinet has released Cloud Desktop v1.3.
The update "adds AT&T Synaptic Storage to the list of cloud services the cloud storage client supports, as well as Amazon S3, Google (News - Alert) Docs and EMC Atmos.
Jerry Huang, co-owner of Gladinet, said the newest version of Cloud Desktop will "essentially make AT&T Synaptic Storage a virtual drive or folder on the user's computer and allow both drag-and-drop and set-it-and-forget-it file backup to AT&T (News - Alert) Synaptic Storage."
Company officials see the appeal of Cloud Desktop v1.3 to SMBs in its ability to integrate multiple third-party Web services into users' individual desktop operating systems on an open platform.
This means, they say, that cloud services like Amazon S3, Google Docs, Google Picasa, EMC (News - Alert) Atmos, EMC Atmos onLine, Box.net and now AT&T Synaptic Storage "no longer require users to manage numerous accounts and interfaces; instead, each can be mapped as a network drive directly accessible from Windows Explorer."
In addition to support for AT&T Synaptic Storage, other tweaks to Cloud Desktop v1.3 include the new Gladinet Online service, which encrypts and stores user profiles online for access from multiple computers running Gladinet Cloud Desktop.
In July TMC reported that if you agree that the Web has "evolved far beyond browser capabilities, limiting the usability and practicality of cloud storage and cloud services," you might be interested in Gladinet, whose officials describe the company's goal as to "transform the Internet into a virtual PC by integrating cloud services directly onto a PC desktop.”
Gladinet offers open-platform integration with EMC Atmos, Google Docs, Amazon S3 and other providers. Gladinet's flagship product is Cloud Desktop, which provides "an Internet-based virtual disk drive," company officials said at the time, adding that it also allows for cross-storage backup among such providers, and for "using these providers as a redundant array of cloud storage."
The update "adds AT&T Synaptic Storage to the list of cloud services the cloud storage client supports, as well as Amazon S3, Google (News - Alert) Docs and EMC Atmos.
Jerry Huang, co-owner of Gladinet, said the newest version of Cloud Desktop will "essentially make AT&T Synaptic Storage a virtual drive or folder on the user's computer and allow both drag-and-drop and set-it-and-forget-it file backup to AT&T (News - Alert) Synaptic Storage."
Company officials see the appeal of Cloud Desktop v1.3 to SMBs in its ability to integrate multiple third-party Web services into users' individual desktop operating systems on an open platform.
This means, they say, that cloud services like Amazon S3, Google Docs, Google Picasa, EMC (News - Alert) Atmos, EMC Atmos onLine, Box.net and now AT&T Synaptic Storage "no longer require users to manage numerous accounts and interfaces; instead, each can be mapped as a network drive directly accessible from Windows Explorer."
In addition to support for AT&T Synaptic Storage, other tweaks to Cloud Desktop v1.3 include the new Gladinet Online service, which encrypts and stores user profiles online for access from multiple computers running Gladinet Cloud Desktop.
In July TMC reported that if you agree that the Web has "evolved far beyond browser capabilities, limiting the usability and practicality of cloud storage and cloud services," you might be interested in Gladinet, whose officials describe the company's goal as to "transform the Internet into a virtual PC by integrating cloud services directly onto a PC desktop.”
Gladinet offers open-platform integration with EMC Atmos, Google Docs, Amazon S3 and other providers. Gladinet's flagship product is Cloud Desktop, which provides "an Internet-based virtual disk drive," company officials said at the time, adding that it also allows for cross-storage backup among such providers, and for "using these providers as a redundant array of cloud storage."
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David’s articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.
Edited by Patrick Barnard
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