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Have you been wondering lately, how will your files be secure and backed up? Is there good backup and security policy for files in my company? Then relax a bit. You don't need to setup very expensive and resource demanding file servers, there are solutions that cater your file sharing needs. A feature rich name that stands out among these is Egnyte which is a file sharing software.
Egnyte is an easy to use file sharing solution which has needed features like storing, sharing and backing up files with focus on security and privacy. You will be able to search needed files, collaborate on same documents without the need of extra hardware or even human resource to take care of your file sharing needs.

Egnyte the file sharing software also offers a trial version of 15 days and if you like the service then you can use Egnyte. The cost for the service is depicted below:
The cost seems quite justified for the range of features provided. For your convenience Egnyte also provides access from mobile devices, here you can learn more about how mobile access to your files will help you reap more benefits. If you want to explore more about the service see this page which defines about the product demo.

Using these kinds of services one thing that always concerns customers is security. Egnyte confirms clients of hardware security, full access control over files and network security with very good encryption. This will make your decision to use this service easier.

Forget about buying a new file server, try your hands on new software as a service (SAAS) solution like Egnyte, you will be happy with the outcome.

The new load shedding schedule, no comments this time.


Load Shedding Schedule 17thApril 2009 Kathmandu, Nepal

We Nepalis being tagged one of the poorest in the world pay one of the highest fee for internet, which is 34 times more than the United Kingdom and 10 times more then the United States. When fast internet be possible and available in really cheap prices like in the rest of the world?

Recently I glanced at an Ad. by Virgin Media boasting 50Mb/s speed at just € 50 a month, I was amazed. Using an internet connection that is just 125 Kb/s or 256Kb/s here in Nepal I thought those people in the UK are very lucky. Then to my surprise I saw this story at MyRepublica (they badly need a design change) telling Nepal Telecom go for next generation network for fixed lines. (Important information 1KBps= 8 Kbps, as 1Byte = 8bits)

With these two extreme points I kept thinking what may be the prices of internet in the world and what are we Nepalis and Kathmanduietes paying in comparision to the developed nations. I just got hold of some mind boggling data I'm presenting below:


In the context when Wikipedia lists Broadband penetration as an economic indicator here - "Economic indicators include various indices, earnings reports, and economic summaries, such as unemployment, housing starts, Consumer Price Index (a measure for inflation), industrial production, bankruptcies, Gross Domestic Product, broadband internet penetration, retail sales, stock market prices, and money supply changes." why are we lagging behind on high speed but still cheap internet???

Due to the slow internet we are not able to upload and download big files. If a client sends a file more that 10 Mb we have to schedule our time to download it and on top of it the load shedding is shredding our productivity. Video conference and video chat is also out of our reach. Downloading video from sites like youtube takes ages. We are not able to take up work that require a fast internet connection as we are paying 10 times more than the standard competitive rates in the United States.

Yes we have around 2 dozen ISPs but all depend on the main provider NT (Nepal Telecom) and none are in the race to make the internet faster and cheaper. I guess they just are concerned of their profit and not the development of internet. Oh I almost forgot the government's plan of fiber optic highway is another distant dream.

Let's hope the ISPs in Nepal stop looking at their profit and help in availability of really fast and cheap internet that in turn can really boost Nepal's economy.

You can find all the related links at http://delicious.com/geshan/intenet_prices.