In the New Features for the New Year article, we mentioned the new HTML 5 and
Flash based Multiple-File upload. This article will cover the new feature in
more detail.
In the Gladinet Cloud for Teams product, There are 4 different ways to
connect and use the cloud storage, from the desktop; from a file server; from
web browser or from a mobile phone.
Web-Based File Explorer may be the most convenient way to access files,
however, compared to the native clients on desktop, file server or iPhones,
it may have more limits imposed by the web browser, since web browser was
designed to sand-box things running inside the browser so it only have
controlled access to the local files.
HTML 5 makes it easy to do drag and drop upload from local files to web
browser and then upload to cloud storage. Currently Firefox and Chrome
support drag and drop upload. For all other brows... (more)
Traditionally, FTP (File Transfer Protocol) has been the standard for
transferring and sharing files. However, it is not without its problems.
These include concerns about security, cost, efficiency, reliability and
simplicity. For these and other reasons, many businesses are looking to
replace FTP with a cloud storage solution. Amazon S3 is a very good cloud
storage option. However, it is more of a building block than solution. This
article talks about a solution that is built on top of Amazon S3.
Gladinet Cloud for Teams offers a great FTP replacement. The service allows
you t... (more)
In a team environment, what are some of the basic requirements when it comes
to cloud storage use cases? As we look below, the requirements are very
similar to the old Windows File Server requirements, with some new Cloud
Storage twists.
Requirement A – User Home Directory
Every team member needs a private space that he or she can store work related
folders and files. Many companies used active directory to map a drive to
user’s home directory on a Windows File Server. User can roam from PC to
PC inside the company and always connected to his/her own home directory.
This is the... (more)
Happy New Year 2012!
Over the weekend, a new version of Gladinet Cloud for Teams was released to
the web, including the web service itself and the desktop client. There will
be a series of articles following up to document each and every major new
feature. This article will summarize what is new in the Gladinet Cloud for
Teams.
File and Folder Sharing
In the old version, there is already some folder sharing concept such as the
Team Folder. With the team folder, the team administrator can publish a
folder to the team to share. The use case here is more for a team inside the
same... (more)
It is 2 days to Christmas 2011. Wish every Gladinet user happy Christmas and
a happy new year 2012. As usual, it is time to take a look back at the year
2011, review the Gladinet milestones and look forward to year 2012.
The most significant milestone in 2011 was the mark of over 1 million
Gladinet software downloads, with important milestones reached in other
aspects of the business too.
Product Development
In February, Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.0 was released, followed by Gladinet
Cloud Backup 3.0 in March and Gladinet Cloud AFS 3.0 (Cloud Server) in June.
This is a complete sui... (more)
Jerry Huang, an engineer and entrepreneur, founded Gladinet with his close friends and is pursuing interests in the cloud computing. He has published articles on the company blog as well as following up on the company twitter activities. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1998 and has lived in West Palm Beach, Florida since.
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