Stay tuned ! There'll be an announcement very soon. Best, Jan-Simon
Am Sunday 01 February 2009 23:21:27 schrieb JGJones (Mailing List): > Thanks for this. Teamdrive certainly look interesting. Although I'm in > favour of using iFolder due to past experience but I'm willing to switch if > things drag on. Will test it on the test rack since it does mention that I > can use my own webDav servers which is that I want - data within company not > 3rd parties. > > > > > > >> Maybe you should take a look at Teamdrive (http://www.teamdrive.net) > >> The client is free and can be used with a webdav server, which you can > >> setup > >> for yourself easily enough. > >> Currently there is only a windows client, but they are working on a linux > >> and mac client, which should become available during Q1 2009. > >> > >> 2009/1/13 Joseph Gwynne-Jones <[email protected]> > >> > >> I use the JungleDisk myself but primarily as a backup method. > >>> > >>> It's excellent and since you can encrypt files before uploading, it > >>> ensure > >>> sensitive data is safe. However I don't use it as an iFolder replacement > >>> because the client frankly isn't simple enough for the end user - the > >>> amount > >>> of option it gives would scare off users. > >>> > >>> The best potential iFolder replacement I have seen is Dropbox (with > >>> clients > >>> for Windows, Linux and OSX) but this goes into Dropbox's own Amazon S3 > >>> bucket, not yours, and while they do encrypt files...they own the key, > >>> not > >>> you and they use only S3 datacenters in USA - if you're in Europe, data > >>> privacy legalisation would obviously prevent the storage of data outside > >>> of > >>> Europe. > >>> > >>> So...while Dropbox is so painfully simple and easy to use and works so > >>> well...on other hand it have issues that prevent me from using it. > >>> So...I'm > >>> still looking for an iFolder replacement still... > >>> > >>> Matt Weisberg wrote: > >>> > >>> Seeing as OES2 SP1 has been out for a while with iFolder 3.7, it doesn't > >>> look too good that an open source version will be coming. I've asked many > >>> of my contacts inside Novell about this, and it has fallen on deaf ears. > >>> I > >>> was particularly eager for the Mac client, but without a 3.7 back-end, > >>> it's > >>> kinda worthless (Novell states that the 3.7 client is not supported > >>> against > >>> a 3.6 back-end, but it may work). Purchasing all of OES to get iFolder > >>> seems excessive. So while I love and swear by iFolder (warts and all), I > >>> think it's time to find a replacement and was wondering if anyone has > >>> found > >>> something? > >>> > >>> Originally, I wanted something to host myself, as I fear storing > >>> sensitive data in the "cloud," but it seems a lot of the solutions have > >>> 256-bit AES encryption now and the storage on Amazon S3 is awfully cheap. > >>> I > >>> was particularly intrigued by JungleDisk (www.jungledisk.com). Has > >>> anyone used this or something like it to replace iFolder functionality? > >>> Can > >>> something like this FULLY replace iFolder? > >>> > >>> I need both individual folders and workgroup folders, so I need a > >>> solution for both. I also move between Windows, Mac, and Linux clients, > >>> so > >>> a cross platform client that can sync changes between all three is a must. > >>> If I host something internally, encryption isn't mandatory since I can > >>> tunnel it, but if I use the cloud, it is. > >>> > >>> I know this is way way off topic, but I figure I can't be the only one in > >>> this boat. I've not used Microsoft Groove at all, but I think that is out > >>> due to cross platform issues. What is everyone else doing? > >>> > >>> Thanks. > >>> > >>> Matt > >>> A sad iFolder user > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> ----- > >>> Matt Weisberg > >>> Weisberg Consulting, [email protected] > >>> ofc. 248.685.1970 > >>> cell 248.705.1950 > >>> fax 248.769.5963 > >>> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > ifolder-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://forge.novell.com/mailman/listinfo/ifolder-dev > > > _______________________________________________ ifolder-dev mailing list [email protected] http://forge.novell.com/mailman/listinfo/ifolder-dev
