Kristine Kao

• Blogs
  May 13, 2013

  Intralinks Launches New Collaboration Solution: VIA

  Intralinks recently announced its new collaboration platform Intralinks VIA.  Traditionally focused in secure deal rooms for M&A in regulated industries, Intralinks is the most recent vendor making the shift to include OFS in its briefcase of offerings– and why not?  In Intralinks' case it makes perfect sense. 

• Blogs
  Apr 26, 2013

  Keeping Up with the OFS Vendors

  The OFS Market is moving at a lightening fast pace with seemingly new entrants and new features added every week. Dropbox’s latest announcements around its business updates are an example of the ongoing feature enhancements that are released so quickly that I can barely keep up!

• research briefs
  Apr 17, 2013

  Customer Interest in the Hybrid Cloud Model of Online File Sharing

  A hybrid cloud implementation can be an attractive deployment model for a corporate online file sharing (OFS) solution. Hybrid cloud benefits may include greater security and control for the customer organization. An ESG survey of nearly 500 IT professionals working at organizations of all sizes, with varying levels of interest (or disinterest) in OFS, revealed how much of an  impact hybrid cloud offerings will have on the OFS market.

• briefs
  Feb 11, 2013

  Conducting an Online File Sharing Comparison

  It’s important to ask the right questions when conducting an online file sharing comparison in order to find the best online file sharing service for your organization’s requirements. This brief features a checklist of questions to ask that are grouped into topic areas including basic functionality, service and support, administration and management, security, and data protection. The checklist is a useful tool for IT professionals who are researching online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) solutions for their organizations, and for OFS providers who want to understand how their offering stacks up against the competition.

• briefs
  Jan 2, 2013

  Understanding the Hybrid Cloud Model of Online File Sharing

  One reason organizations sign up for an online file sharing (OFS) service is to extend their storage capacity by moving files to the cloud. Some organizations opt for a hybrid cloud deployment, placing a portion of the organization’s files in the OFS provider’s cloud platform, but keeping other files and infrastructure components in their own data center. A handful of OFS providers support a hybrid cloud approach. This brief examines the pros and cons of a public cloud versus a hybrid cloud model for online file sharing.

• research briefs
  Dec 31, 2012

  BYOD Drives Online File Sharing

  Interest in corporate online file sharing (OFS) solutions is growing, due in large part to the consumerization of IT. ESG research shows a strong correlation between the number of smart phone and tablet users in an organization and the organization’s interest in corporate online file sharing and collaboration solutions. This brief charts the path that leads from a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policy to OFS, and looks down the road to see what the next two years will bring for vendors and service providers of OFS and related technologies.

• research briefs
  Dec 18, 2012

  Customers Look for Antivirus with Online File Sharing

  Antivirus is one of the most important features that business customers expect for secure file sharing. When IT decision-makers were asked about the most important security features they look for when choosing an online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) solution, more than half cited antivirus scans. Yet this is a feature that OFS providers frequently bypass in their messaging. This brief lists and ranks the security requirements business customers look for in an OFS solution, and suggests next steps for OFS providers.

• research briefs
  Dec 7, 2012

  Spotting and Stopping “Rogue” Online File Sharing

  Free cloud storage services are the latest thorn in the collective side of IT departments. Employees are signing up for individual online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) accounts with cloud storage providers and using them for online storage and file sharing of company files. This places company data outside the control of IT and, subsequently, exposes organizations to the risk of data leakage and data breaches. ESG surveyed IT professionals to find out about the steps organizations are taking to uncover and control rogue OFS accounts. 

• research reports
  Nov 12, 2012

  Corporate Online File Sharing and Collaboration Market Trends

  Organizations are beginning to embrace online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) services, signing up for corporate accounts with service providers at a significant pace—albeit in a limited fashion at this time. This relatively new technology, first embraced by individual employees, is becoming an increasingly important tool in the IT team’s toolkit, helping organizations reduce storage and administration costs and improving employee collaboration, workspace flexibility, and productivity. Due to concerns about security of the available offerings, IT is approaching adoption cautiously, initially rolling out solutions for workgroups or departments that have a real need for file sharing and collaboration. But over the next few years, OFS usage will expand from departmental projects to company-wide adoption and inter-company file sharing and collaboration.

  ESG’s research has revealed the reasons organizations are (or are not) adopting OFS, the rate and sweet spots of corporate OFS adoption, the most important criteria and features organizations consider when choosing an OFS service, and the challenges organizations are grappling with as they deploy OFS today.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  ESG Cloud Storage Test Drive Results Summary

  Testing the Online File Sharing and Collaboration Landscape

  For more than 12 months, ESG has engaged with vendors of business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) solutions to understand their offerings, intellectual property, and business models. Based on the many questions we’ve received from IT professionals, vendors, and end-users, earlier this year, ESG decided to undertake a hands-on test drive of these products to uncover strengths, areas for improvement, and distinctive capabilities. The overall goal of the ESG OFS Test Drive program was to obtain a real-world point of view on the established and emerging business-oriented OFS solutions from the perspective of IT administrators and end-users alike.

  This report is a consolidated summary of our OFS Test Drive findings. For a complete description of how a specific vendor fared in each of our test categories, please see that vendor’s detailed vendor report.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  ESG OFS Test Drive Program Methodology

  ESG conducted test drives of business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) solutions. The goal of the ESG OFS Test Drive Program was to obtain a real-world point of view of online file sharing for business requirements. This brief describes the test plan ESG followed for each solution, including the specific tasks performed in the IT administrator and end-user test categories.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  Dropbox for Teams

  Online File Sharing and Collaboration Test Drive

  As part of the ESG Test Drive Program for business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) services, ESG tested and evaluated Dropbox for Teams. The test drive included assessments of installation, central administration, security, data protection, collaboration and file sharing, versioning and file recovery, mobile device use, and support capabilities—from both an IT administrator and end-user perspective. This individual ESG Test Drive Report contains the results and ESG analysis of Dropbox for Teams.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  Accellion Inc., Secure Mobile File Sharing

  Online File Sharing and Collaboration Test Drive

  As part of the ESG Test Drive Program for business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) services, ESG tested and evaluated Accellion Inc., Secure Mobile File Sharing. The test drive included assessments of installation, central administration, security, data protection, collaboration and file sharing, versioning and file recovery, mobile device use, and support capabilities—from both an IT administrator and end-user perspective. This individual ESG Test Drive Report contains the results and ESG analysis of Accellion Inc., Secure Mobile File Sharing.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  Box for Business

  Online File Sharing and Collaboration Test Drive

  As part of the ESG Test Drive Program for business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) services, ESG tested and evaluated Box for Business. The test drive included assessments of installation, central administration, security, data protection, collaboration and file sharing, versioning and file recovery, mobile device use, and support capabilities—from both an IT administrator and end-user perspective. This individual ESG Test Drive Report contains the results and ESG analysis of Box for Business.

• test drive reports
  Nov 8, 2012

  Citrix ShareFile Enterprise Edition

  Online File Sharing and Collaboration Test Drive

  As part of the ESG Test Drive Program for business-oriented online file sharing and collaboration (OFS) services, ESG tested and evaluated Citrix ShareFile Enterprise Edition. The test drive included assessments of installation, central administration, security, data protection, collaboration and file sharing, versioning and file recovery, mobile device use, and support capabilities—from both an IT administrator and end-user perspective. This individual ESG Test Drive Report contains the results and ESG analysis of Citrix ShareFile Enterprise Edition.

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