Egnyte is a business-class online solution that completely eliminates the costs and complexity of purchasing and maintaining traditional file servers, tape backups, FTP and VPN systems.

The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. In March, Egnyte raised $10 million in series B funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers with previous investors Floodgate and Polaris Venture Partners participating in the round, bringing the company’s total funding to $16 million.

Egnyte addresses the critical infrastructure needs of enterprises, small businesses and professionals - file storage, backup, sharing and collaboration - in one secure, centrally-managed and easy-to-use solution. The company’s hybrid cloud technology combines the accessibility and flexibility of cloud storage with the robust performance and speed of local storage, and automatically synchronizes changes made to local and cloud files. Egnyte Cloud File Server ensures that users have reliable and fast access to the files they need anytime and anywhere.

Egnyte has versions for both Windows and Mac, and provides apps for the iPhone, iPad, Android. Egnyte can also be accessed by the native browser of mobile devices (e.g. Blackberry).