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Egnyte – One-stop secure content platform empowering the businesses to safeguard, connect and unlock value from content

In the world of digitalization, we generally store content in the form of files on an electronic platform. With the large capacity memories, drives, and other storage devices, many files can be stored. As well, easy file transfer is possible in this era. However, data security is the main concern when comes to sharing the data across devices, apps, or another system. Business, however, needs to store the personal data of employees, as well as other sensitive information of the business. Not only stored but this content also needs to sprawl across disconnected systems, devices, locations, and at many places. Thus, the business needs data-centric security and governance over data storage and transfer. Because cyber attackers are the main threat to the rising as well as well-established businesses.

So, should a business stop store and sharing content online? Should they maintain physical records as past days? Nope, it’s impossible to find such a solution in this era. Well, few firms are helping businesses in this case. California-based Egnyte is one such firm that enables the ultimate secure content platform. It is dedicated to businesses that assure complete data security, governance as well as control across a hybrid content stack. Therefore, it enhances the experience of employees with assure data protection. Also, allow the business to connect with needed applications that business users know without any hesitation.

About Egnyte

Established back in 2007, Egnyte headquartered in California. The firm is co-founded by a self-made Indian entrepreneur, Mr. Vineet Jain. It enabled the best platform for businesses that allows them to connect, safeguard, as well as reveal value from all their content. For this, the firm uses a SaaS platform.

Egnyte CEO Vineet Jain
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Presently, the firm has offices in WA, London, Poland, Raleigh, NC, and Spokane. However, it acquired top investors such as Goldman Sachs, Kleiner Perkins, Google Ventures, and Caufield & Byers.

Glimpse to founder’s life

A well-experienced business leader and entrepreneur Vineet Jain helped in founding the Egnyte. Presently, he is serving as the CEO of the firm. He was born in India, and he spent his life there until his education. Jain attended Delhi College of Engineering. After completing his education, he decided to explore the areas of his career overseas. Before moving to the US, he worked for some time in the UK. Vineet has worked in the B2B technology industry for more than 25 years in Silicon Valley. After serving at many senior top-level positions, he urged to plunge into entrepreneurship. Thus, established Valdero as his first business venture. It was a platform for supply chain solution provider. Then he finds interest as well as the future in SaaS, the outcome as the establishment of Egnyte.

Exploring the business

After establishment, Egnyte attracted 1 million dollars seed venture capital in the same year only. It also received seed venture capital of 6, 10, and 12 million dollars in 2009, 2011, and 2012 respectively. The firm also received top investors like Polaris partners, Google Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, and many more in a very short duration.

For any business to grow what matters is the values, mission, and strategy to convert it into reality. That’s what was implemented by Egnyte. Like its vision and mission to “transform the business through smarter content”, Egnyte achieved it through its world-class service. On top, it empowered many organizations to safeguard, connect, and unlock value from content. Moreover, the firm has launched a mobile app for easy file sharing. Presently, more than 16k customers use the Egnyte platform.

Services Provides

The firm enabled content services platform specifically designed for businesses. Apart from that, Egnyte offers full project management that comes with technical and functional staffing. Since its establishment, the firm successfully helping numerous businesses to create a roadmap for content collaboration strategy. For this, Egnyte first considers the desired business outcomes and then accordingly assists the organizations. Other services of Egnyte includes data migration, remote or onsite deployment, permission migration, pre-production testing, etc. With a highly dedicated and expert team, Egnyte also provides in-class training.

Triumph of Egnyte

In the last two years, Egnyte honored with seven awards, 5 which of them represented in 2019. It includes the awards as Best company happiness, Best leadership team 2019, Best Company Work-Life Balance. As well, it also won Best CEOs for Diversity and Best CEO in the same year. Egnyte also won the Best CEOs for women 2020 award along with Best Professional Development 2020.

All firms know the value of customer satisfaction. However, Egnyte also knows the value of employee’s satisfaction. It scored 85 out of 100 in employee ratings, suggesting one of the best workplaces.

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