Guillaume Pascual
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The Snowden Effect: who controls my data?
An amended version of this post was originally published at Information Week. Last month, Reuters reported that U.S. tech firms doing business in China—including Cisco and IBM—had experienced significant declines in sales. Several industry analysts suggested that the “Snowden Effect”—the cascade of events and reports that followed Edward Snowden’s leaks…
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How much is 10GB?
Hightail Professional users can now send files up to 10GB. You might wonder, how much does 10GB really let me send? Well, we thought it would be fun to give you some suggestions. Find out more about our Professional plan and other offerings at hightail.com.
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The “cloud” is dead, long live the cloud
This post was originally posted in the Huffington Post. Two young fish are swimming along when an older fish passes and says, “G’morning, how’s the water?” The pair continues swimming then one turns to the other and says, “what the heck is water?” I always think of this joke when I…
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Customer Spotlight: North by Northwest
“They come to us with an idea, and it’s our job to turn it into a reality.” North by Northwest Founded: 1990 What they do: Full-service digital studio focused on storytelling through film, video and the web No. of employees: 41 @nxnwboise For more than 20 years, digital studio North by Northwest…
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Know the cloud’s table stakes before going all-in
In business, as in poker, table stakes are the value you bring that allows you to play the game. They are the features and experiences that services must offer customers to even be considered relevant. As a relatively new industry, online file sharing and storage services have so far been…
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Why total security requires complete control
Security is a hugely important issue in the online file sharing industry. After all, if you’re asking people to trust you to store, transfer or otherwise use their private files, they need to know that you can keep it safe. Every file sharing provider firmly touts its security credentials. We…
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Five ways the cloud will change your professional life in 2014
This post was originally posted in the Huffington Post. If 2013 was the year in which we finally understood the cloud, this year will be all about making the most of storing and sharing files online. As a professional user of a file sharing service, now is the time to…
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Three essential values for securing the cloud
This post was originally posted in Wired Innovation Insights. In September 2013, my company AdeptCloud was acquired by Hightail and I moved from providing a private cloud service to secure file sharing in the public cloud. The switch has been fascinating and I’ve learned three key attributes of public cloud…
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Manage and secure your company’s content with Hightail
Your business generates gigabytes of new information every day, from word docs and spreadsheets to presentations and media files. But the same content that keeps ideas moving and helps build your company’s future, also represents a challenge. As an organization, how do you manage and secure this wealth of data…
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Managing your business account is now easier with SAML provisioning
We’re making it even easier for administrators of Hightail Enterprise accounts to add new users, while also bolstering data security. Since last year, enterprise users have been able to log in to Hightail using their corporate account details, thanks to SAML authentication. Now we’ve extended our SAML services to provisioning,…
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A design for life (not just a device)
Christian Crumlish is the Director of Product at CloudOn. CloudOn makes Microsoft Office® (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) files more accessible and useful on your iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch letting you edit documents, spreadsheets and presentations from anywhere with all the functionality you need. photo credit: Josh Luna / WebVisions As…
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Fall in love with your Inbox: Hightail for Outlook (Beta)
At Hightail, we’re always thinking about new ways to make you more productive at work. That’s why we built Hightail for Outlook (Beta) — a powerful, seamless way to bring Hightail to your inbox every day. Our newest add-in gives you the ability to keep your workflow in Outlook. You…
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Customer Spotlight: Awasu Design
Craig Peters, CEO of San Francisco-based Awasu Design, discusses user experience, data security and how Hightail helps support his company’s brand. Awasu Design Founded: 2010 What they do: Digital user experience design and content strategy No. of employees: 1-10 www.awasudesign.com @craigpeters Our name embodies the Japanese philosophy of “awasu”. It’s…
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Welcome to Verb
Full disclosure: I’m way in to typography and typeface design. If you’d like to catch up ahead of time on some of the terms you may come across, scroll to the bottom and flip through my “dig deeper” links in the sidebar. Choosing a typeface for a project is a…
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Five tips to focus at work
When was the last time you were reading a draft and your phone buzzed? While writing your last email, were you distracted by an incoming email notification? How many times in the last week did a co-worker interrupt you mid-task? Be honest. Office workers are interrupted (or self-interrupt) every three…
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