Gladinet
{{Infobox software
| name = Gladinet Cloud Desktop
| logo = Gladinet_logo.svg
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| developer = Gladinet, Inc.
| released = May 2009
| latest release version = [http://www.gladinet.com/p/gce_latest_release.html Gladinet Cloud Release History]
| operating system = Windows
| language = English
| genre = Cloud storage desktop integration
| license = Proprietary
| website = {{url|https://www.gladinet.com/}}
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Gladinet, Inc. is an American corporation co-founded by Jerry Huang and Franklyn Peart in 2008 in Lake Worth, Florida.{{Cite web |date=2010-03-24 |title=Gladinet revamps its 'cloud desktop' service |url=https://venturebeat.com/business/gladinet/ |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=VentureBeat |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nongrum |first=Nonalynka |title=CentreStack now simplifies work from home security |url=http://www.hssreview.com/security/centrestack-now-simplifies-work-from-home-security |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Health, Safety and Security Review Middle East |language=pl}} The company provides cloud computing software,{{Cite web |title=Gladinet Provides Cloud Backup Solution For Major Cloud Storage Services {{!}} Network Computing |url=https://www.networkcomputing.com/data-centers/gladinet-provides-cloud-backup-solution-major-cloud-storage-services |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=www.networkcomputing.com |language=en}} including an on-premises, enterprise file synchronization and sharing (EFSS) platform.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gartner.com/doc/2788017/magic-quadrant-enterprise-file-synchronization|title = Magic Quadrant for Enterprise File Synchronization and Sharing}} The on-premises version of the platform is available for service providers{{Cite web|url=http://www.gladinet.com/serviceprovider.html|title = Cloud File Sharing | Multi-Tenant | Brandable}} and enterprises.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gladinet.com/enterprise.html|title=On Premise File Sharing Solutions for Security and Control}} There is also a team edition.{{cite web |url=http://www.gladinet.com/ |title=Home |website=gladinet.com}}
Gladinet Cloud Enterprise provides enterprise file sync and share with on-premises deployment. The orchestration layer can integrate with on-premises storage platforms like OpenStack Swift. The platform adds traditional IT security and controls to file sync and share use cases, allowing remote access to existing data from any device with existing identities. It provides software, with distributed file locking, and sync-on-demand.
History
The company was initially founded to integrate cloud services directly onto PC desktops on the Internet. The company believed that this approach was better than using a web browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox as a cloud client.
Gladinet implemented a ubiquitous cloud storage client that integrated cloud storage with the Windows file system. Gladinet Cloud Desktop{{Cite web |last=Kovach |first=Steve |title=How To Turn Your Amazon Cloud Drive Into A Network Drive Just Like Dropbox |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-cloud-drive-for-windows-2011-4 |access-date=2022-08-22 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}} also created file type associations between web applications and files, whether they were stored on a local disk or in the cloud. It supports services such as Google Docs and includes Amazon's Cloud Drive.
Products
CentreStack,{{Cite web |title=CentreStack: the object storage platform by Gladinet |url=https://www.guruadvisor.net/en/software-saas/742-centrestack-the-object-storage-platform-by-gladinet |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=www.guruadvisor.net}} previously Gladinet Cloud Enterprise, is a secure self-hosted file sharing platform.{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-07-22 |title=Gladinet Introduces a New Vision for Simplified File Sharing |url=https://content-technology.com/media-in-the-cloud/gladinet-introduces-a-new-vision-for-simplified-file-sharing/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Content + Technology |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Nongrum |first=Nonalynka |title=CentreStack now simplifies work from home security |url=http://www.hssreview.com/security/centrestack-now-simplifies-work-from-home-security |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=Health, Safety and Security Review Middle East |language=pl}}
Cloud Desktop{{Cite web |last=Hickey |first=Andrew R. |date=2010-02-03 |title=Gladinet Maps Google Cloud Storage To The Desktop |url=https://www.crn.com/news/storage/222601001/gladinet-maps-google-cloud-storage-to-the-desktop.htm |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=CRN |language=en}} is a tool that integrates cloud storage with backup and file synchronization options all from a desktop.{{Cite web |last=Brinkmann |first=Martin |date=2011-04-03 |title=Gladinet Cloud Desktop Adds Amazon Cloud Drive Integration |url=https://www.ghacks.net/2011/04/03/gladinet-cloud-desktop-adds-amazon-cloud-drive-integration/ |access-date=2022-08-25 |website=gHacks Technology News |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Johnson |date=2011-04-14 |title=Get Amazon Cloud Drive on Your PC with Gladinet |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/get-amazon-cloud-drive-on-your-pc-with-gladinet/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US }} Just like a local drive, it allows users to access online storage as a folder on a PC or computer system.{{Cite web |date=2008-12-08 |title=Free cloud computing desktop - Gladinet |url=https://techblissonline.com/cloud-computing-desktop-gladinet-free/ |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=Techblissonline |language=en-US}}
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