ESG Publishes New Online File Sharing and Collaboration Market Landscape Report

Report focuses on key vendors and capabilities to help users make educated purchasing decisions

Milford, MA- Dec 19, 2011 - The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG), a leading IT industry analyst and consulting organization, today announced the publication of its latest Market Landscape Report, Online File Sharing and Collaboration in the Enterprise, featuring 8 vendors, including Box, Dropbox, and Egnyte. The report, authored by ESG senior analyst Terri McClure and research analyst Kristine Kao, examines the trends in the online file sharing and collaboration market impacting IT professionals, provides guidelines for purchasing considerations, and categorizes and reviews the various vendors' solutions.

As more and more end-users are choosing their own hardware platforms and software applications in lieu of the IT-sanctioned business tools provided by their companies, they are looking to tackle issues like data sharing, portability, and access from multiple intelligent endpoint devices. This creates a conundrum for IT as it needs to balance business enablement, ease of access, and collaborative capacity with the need to maintain control and security of information assets.  This need for balance is one of the drivers of the fast growing online file sharing and collaboration segment of the SaaS market.

"End-users want access to data from any of their endpoint devices and they are deploying these solutions whether IT says it's okay or not. Not all solutions are created equal," said Terri McClure. "It is more important than ever for IT to get in front of this trend and examine the security, management, and control capabilities of the various solutions on the market today in order to make an educated decision that protects corporate data assets.  This is a very exciting time for vendors in this space and this report is one tool IT can leverage to help guide their decisions."

The Market Landscape Report, Online File Sharing and Collaboration in the Enterprise, is available to ESG Premium Subscribers. If you are currently a subscription client, please login to view it. Please contact the ESG Client Relations team at clientrelations@esg-global.com or 508.482.0188 for more information on our Premium Subscriptions.

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