Data synchronization
Consistency among data between source and target data stores
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| March 31 2025 |
Kopano
Kopano Collaboration suite reaches End-of-Life (EOL) and ceases support, with the company transitioning users to Kopano Cloud.
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| March 2025 |
ICloud
Apple reportedly made an appeal to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal regarding the UK encryption order.
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| February 21 2025 |
ICloud
Apple announced Advanced Data Protection would no longer be available to new users in the UK, and existing UK users would need to disable the feature.
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| February 7 2025 |
ICloud
US media reported Apple received a 'technical capability notice' under the UK's Investigatory Powers Act 2016, ordering them to break encryption on iCloud backups worldwide.
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| 2024 |
Syncdocs
Syncdocs ceased operations and stopped working, marking the end of its file synchronization service for Google Drive.
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| 2024 |
ICloud
With iOS 18 and iPadOS 18, iCloud Keychain was migrated from a settings page to a standalone app called Passwords, while maintaining sync capabilities with iCloud Keychain and the Keychain application
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| December 2024 |
Avalanche
Raised $250 million through token sale for Avalanche9000 upgrade.
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| October 2024 | Houston announced the layoff of roughly 528 employees, representing 20% of the current workforce. |
| October 31 2024 | Progress Software Corporation completed the acquisition of ShareFile for $875 million, adding over 86,000 customers to its portfolio. |
| August 2024 |
Avalanche
Partnered with Tixbase and Passolig to implement blockchain technology in Turkey's ticketing industry, integrating blockchain-verified tickets for Süper Lig and other events.
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| 2023 | ShareFile was acquired by Cloud Software Group and became a standalone business unit, subsequently being included in Computerworld's top ten file-sharing services list. |
| September 2023 |
ICloud
Apple expanded iCloud storage options by adding 6 TB and 12 TB plans to existing storage tiers of 50 GB, 200 GB, and 2 TB.
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| September 25 2023 |
Syncthing
Release of Syncthing version 1.25.0
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| July 26 2023 |
ICloud
Photo Stream service was completely shut down by Apple.
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| June 26 2023 |
ICloud
Photo Stream uploads were turned off by Apple.
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| May 2023 |
ICloud
Apple announced the discontinuation of Photo Stream service.
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| April 2023 | Houston announced the layoff of approximately 500 employees, which is 16% of the current workforce. The company cited a growth slowdown and a need to acquire AI-focused skill sets. |
| January 2023 |
Avalanche
Announced partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve Avalanche's infrastructure and decentralized application ecosystem. Arkham Intelligence also partnered with Avalanche to enable wallet and entity activity analysis.
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| January 23 2023 |
ICloud
Advanced Data Protection expanded to users worldwide with iOS/iPadOS 16.3 and macOS 13.2.
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| 2022 | CTERA updated its Global File System, introducing enhanced capabilities for cloud storage management, including cloud storage routing, enterprise key management, and advanced data protection features. |
| December 2022 | Dropbox announced the acquisition of form management platform FormSwift for $95 million. |
| December 2022 |
ICloud
Apple canceled its plans to scan iCloud Photos for child sexual abuse material.
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| December 13 2022 |
ICloud
Advanced Data Protection feature became available to U.S. customers with the release of iOS/iPadOS 16.2 and macOS 13.1.
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| December 7 2022 |
ICloud
Apple announced Advanced Data Protection for iCloud, an option to enable end-to-end encryption for most iCloud data.
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| November 2022 | Dropbox announced an agreement to acquire key assets from Boxcryptor, a provider of end-to-end zero-knowledge encryption for cloud storage services. |
| August 2022 |
Avalanche
'Crypto Leaks' published a report alleging secret agreements between Ava Labs and Kyle Roche of Roche Freedmen law firm, which Emin Gün Sirer denied.
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| May 4 2022 |
Syncthing
Release of Syncthing version 1.20.0
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| March 2022 |
ICloud
Apple settled a class-action lawsuit alleging misleading users about data storage on non-Apple servers.
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| 2021 | Dropbox expanded to 700 million users. |
| November 2021 |
Avalanche
Avalanche blockchain entered the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market capitalization following an agreement with Deloitte to improve U.S. disaster-relief funding.
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| October 2021 | Dropbox signed an agreement to acquire universal search company Command E. |
| September 2021 |
Avalanche
Ava Labs secured $230 million in funding from Polychain Capital and Three Arrows Capital through AVAX cryptocurrency purchase.
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| August 5 2021 |
ICloud
Apple confirmed plans to start scanning iCloud Photos for child sexual abuse material, but later backed down due to public backlash.
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| June 2021 |
Rclone
Microsoft Security Intelligence reported rclone's use in BazaCall cyber attacks, where attackers used social engineering tactics to install malware and extract sensitive data.
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| June 7 2021 |
ICloud
During the WWDC event, Apple announced that iCloud's new 'private relay' feature would not be available in China due to regulatory restrictions.
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| May 2021 |
Rclone
Red Canary, a Managed Security Service Provider, published a 'Rclone Wars' blog article highlighting the illicit use of rclone and other file transfer utilities in cyber attacks.
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| April 2021 | Dropbox officially launched its 'virtual first' remote workforce strategy, transforming the company's work approach to a primarily remote model. |
| April 2021 |
Rclone
FireEye's Mandiant team discovered cybercriminal group UNC2447 using rclone for reconnaissance and file exfiltration during SonicWall VPN zero-day vulnerability investigation.
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| April 6 2021 |
Syncthing
Release of Syncthing version 1.15.0
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| March 2021 | Dropbox announced the acquisition of DocSend, a secure document sharing and analytics product. |
| March 2021 | Zapier acquired Makerpad, a no-code education service, for an undisclosed sum of money. |
| March 2021 |
Rclone
Release 1.55 of rclone included features sponsored by CERN and their CS3MESH4EOSC project, funded by the EU to promote vendor-neutral APIs and protocols for academic cloud storage synchronization.
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| March 2021 |
Kopano
OpenSUSE Linux distribution removed the Kopano software package in the first quarter of 2021 due to build failures with contemporary toolchains.
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| February 5 2021 | COO Olivia Nottebohm left the company. In the same month, Dropbox announced plans to sublease much of its office space in preparation for a transition to remote work. |
| January 2021 | Dropbox CEO Drew Houston announced the layoff of 315 employees, representing approximately 11% of the workforce. The company restructured to focus on top-level priorities. |
| January 2021 | Sequoia Capital and Steadfast Financial bought shares from original investors, valuing the company at $5 billion. |
| January 6 2021 |
Rclone
FBI issued Private Industry Notification 20210106-001 warning of Egregor ransomware attacks using rclone, with global organizations threatened by potential data exposure.
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| 2020 | Zapier established a $1 million small business assistance fund to support struggling customers during the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 |
Rclone
Rclone's marketing description shifts from 'Rsync for Cloud Storage' to focus on 'Rclone syncs your files to cloud storage', signaling a potential rebranding or evolution of the project's messaging.
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