improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . learn how and when to remove these template messages this article contains content that is written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . october 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message the topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guidelines for companies and organizations . please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention . if notability can not be established the article is likely to be merged redirected or deleted . find sources syncplicity news newspapers books scholar jstor free images july 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message learn how and when to remove this template message syncplicity inc. industry computer software products file sharing website www.syncplicity.com syncplicity developer s syncplicity inc. development status active operating system windows mac available in english type file sharing license closed source website www.syncplicity.com syncplicity is a file share and synchronization service developed by syncplicity inc. the service lets users store and sync files online between computers . it supports microsoft windows and mac os x. contents 1 history 2 account types 3 other file synchronization services 4 reviews 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit syncplicity inc. was founded by three former microsoft employees . 1 the service was initially available for beta test and became public in 2008 . 2 in late 2010 a client for intel based macintosh computers running version 10.6 or later of mac os x was released . 3 syncplicity inc. was acquired by emc corporation on may 21 2012 . 4 in july 2015 skyview capital a global private investment firm purchased syncplicity from emc . 5 account types edit syncplicity offers both free and paid accounts . 6 other file synchronization services edit several file synchronization and backup services launched around the same time as syncplicity including live mesh dropbox and sugarsync . 7 syncplicity allows synchronization with other online services including google docs zoho and facebook . 8 documents can be synchronised with an associated google docs account from windows or macintosh computers ; 9 however documents uploaded to free google docs accounts will be converted to google docs file formats where conversion is supported and otherwise ignored . photos can be synchronised with facebook albums . online services including scribd and piknik are supported by syncplicity . reviews edit in lifehacker s 2008 hivefive reader poll syncplicity was rated second best synchronization software behind dropbox . pcworld s reviewer called syncplicity my top pick among sync services 10 also in 2008 . a later review under emc ownership finds that syncplicity might not be able to compete well with dropbox and sugarsync on price and storage but has features including security and availability that might be attractive to business users . the free version offers less storage than other free services . 11 see also edit comparison of file hosting services comparison of file synchronization software comparison of online backup services cloud storage remote backup service references edit crunchbase profile of leonard chung . crunchbase.com . retrieved 2010 11 11 . hrebicek ondrej . the beta period is over syncplicity blog . blog.syncplicity.com . retrieved 2010 05 31 . new business edition release with mac support newsfeeds and it console press release . syncplicity.com . 2010 10 05 . retrieved 2012 05 22 . emc acquires syncplicity press release . emc corporation . 2012 05 21 . retrieved 2012 05 22 . http www.zdnet.com article emc selling off syncplicity unit to skyview capital syncplicity pricing and comparison . syncplicity.com . 2012 . retrieved 2012 05 22 . sync service syncplicity raises 2.35 m . venturebeat.com . 2008 10 31 . retrieved 2011 02 14 . 3 tools to sync your files with google docs . readwriteweb.com . 2011 01 21 . retrieved 2011 02 14 . mishra manav 2010 01 22 . desktop app to sync backup google docs on your desktop . technospot.net . retrieved 2012 05 22 . syncplicity review by scott dunn july 31 2008 2008 07 31 . syncplicity syncplicity utility software review . pcworld . retrieved 2010 05 31 . cs1 maint multiple names authors list link best backups review . undated but has page source and comment dated november 2012 external links edit syncplicity website syncplicity ad syncplicity on facebook emc corporation website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title syncplicity & oldid 731457615 categories file hostingdata synchronizationfile sharingcloud storageemail attachment replacementsfile hosting for os xfile hosting for windowshidden categories cs1 maint multiple names authors listarticles with a promotional tone from october 2009all articles with a promotional tonearticles with topics of unclear notability from july 2010all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles which use infobox templates with no data rows navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages espa ol edit links this page was last modified on 25 july 2016 at 13 58 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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