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Octopus

Octopus is the production code name for Horizon Data, a VMware file-sharing application for the enterprise. The product, which has been compared to Dropbox, provides secure data synching and sharing for end users across all devices while allowing IT to retain control of corporate data and define data sharing policies.

At VMworld 2012, VMware announced that Horizon Data will be part of the new VMware Horizon Suite, which will also include Horizon Application Manager and Horizon Mobile as well.

This was last updated in November 2011
Posted by: Margaret Rouse

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