02-17-2004, 11:00 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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DataPod Keeps Your PCs In Sync
"If you need to get work done on a PC when you're not at work, you could ask your company to install a Virtual Private Network. You also could run remote-control software. Or you could use DataPod--a new peer-to-peer system that an Israel-based startup is introducing here at Demo 2004. DataPod is due for launch in April; the product will list for $100, with an introductory price of $70.
Targeted at business types with multiple PCs, DataPod syncs files, e-mail, and browser bookmarks between two or more PCs over the Internet. The software runs in the background on each system?-say, an office computer and a home one--transferring data on the fly via an SSL-encrypted peer-to-peer networking connection. For instance, when an e-mail message arrives on your work system, DataPod notices and automatically copies it to your home machine. The system also offers a browser-based interface, providing access to data from any Internet-connected PC."
If you've always struggled with the task of keeping multiple PCs in sync, this article will interest you.
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02-17-2004, 11:03 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,768
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This sounds just like the fusionone service that has been around for years.
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02-17-2004, 11:31 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 53
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Yeah, I was going to say the same thing about FusionOne. Strange that on Data-Pod's Competitive Comparisons they don't compare with FusionOne.
FusionOne does more, synching Outlook databases as well. Unfortunately, their files sychronization has been unreliable, so I've stopped using it.
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02-17-2004, 11:32 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 168
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"on the fly" sounds good, but so does Activesync. I guess we'll have to see if it works as good as it says it does.
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02-17-2004, 11:51 PM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 1,041
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I'd be interested in trying this out.
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02-18-2004, 02:34 AM
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Oracle
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 899
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The file syncing also might be similar to Novell's iFolder -- intelligent updating of only changed file blocks, etc...
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