The prudent marriage of BYOD/MDM to Corporate File Servers/NAS Storage will unleash the real power and potential of truly bringing corporate information to the fingertips of the employees anywhere whilst allowing IT to maintain control and security. ![]() Many corporations do not want that, because they still have plenty of file servers and NAS within their corporate networks. Many EFSS vendors require the corporations data and files to be shipped to some public, private, hybrid or managed clouds before the actual EFSS solution can be realized. After all, the Corporate File Servers and NAS storage are still the workhorses of the corporate network, and they hold data and files to drive the business. The collision of the BYOD phenomena and the need to securely share corporate data and files security conceives the Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing market.īesides a well integrated BYOD & MDM strategy, I believe one of the key criteria of Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing is the ability of the enterprise solution to preserve the existing corporate File Server and NAS storage infrastructure and setup while finding a way to appease the BYOD demands of corporate IT users. Novell Zenworks is already well integrated with the proven Novell track record of user and identity management as well as integration with LDAP authentication systems such as Active Directory and eDirectory. Since we are talking about Novell, I also got to know that Novell also has an MDM solution called ZenWorks Mobile Management. To alleviate data security concerns, MDM (Mobile Device Management) solutions are now hot items on the IT shopping list. ![]() The C-level and the senior management have practically demanded it and had forced their way to bring in their own smart devices and tablets to increase their productivity ( Yeah, right!). In the past 9-12 months, IT has certainly relaxed (probably “ relented” is a better word) their uptight demeanour because they know they couldn’t stop the onslaught of BYOD (bring your own devices). It is their job to safeguard the company’s data and files for security, compliance and privacy reasons. This practice exposes a big hole in the corporate network, leaking data and files, and yet most corporate IT users are completely ignorant about such a irresponsible act.Ĭorporate IT users cannot blame IT for being a big A-hole because they keep tight controls of the network and security. Many corporate IT users are moving away from pedantic corporate IT control toward the seemingly easy to synchronize, easy to share, cloud-based services such as Dropbox and Box.net. As I continue my journey of exploration, I am already consolidating information about the other EFSS (Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing) solutions out there. ![]() In the previous blog entry, I spoke about finally getting the opportunity look deeper into Novell Filr technology.
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