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EMC Acquires Syncplicity

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EMC has acquired privately-held cloud-based file management solutions company Syncplicity. Based in Menlo Park, California, Syncplicity provides native cloud-based sync and share capabilities required by enterprise customers. Terms of the transaction were not released.

Syncplicity solutions are built for the enterprise, enabling employees to interact and share content on their device of choice with the security and governance IT requires. The company’s solutions help organizations manage, sync, share and backup files across its’ extended enterprise.

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