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Project Octopus Beta

Duncan Epping · May 3, 2012 ·

I’ve been using Octopus for months internally already as I already discussed in my enterprise social collaboration post and I think it is an awesome tool! I would recommend everyone who is interested in an enterprise level file sharing solution, not unlike dropbox, to sign up for the beta as Octopus is the way to go!

Project Octopus is the successful marriage of Zimbra and Mozy technologies, with some additional code jointly developed by the two teams. Prior to GA release, it will be folded into Horizon, providing a centralized policy and entitlement engine that will broker user access to applications, virtual desktops and data resources. The result will be a simple, seamless end-user experience when accessing work resources across private and public clouds on whatever device the user chooses.

The beta is open to all and will last through VMworld. Due to limited support resources, priority will be placed on customers with active engagements.

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  1. Markus says

    3 May, 2012 at 11:50

    Hi Duncan,
    the Beta isn’ t open at this minute…

  2. Adam says

    3 May, 2012 at 15:50

    Here’s hoping my beta comes through soon!

  3. Eugene says

    5 May, 2012 at 01:57

    Is this similar to box (not Dropbox)?

  4. Stric says

    7 May, 2012 at 15:24

    Where can I download Octopus?

  5. Josue says

    8 May, 2012 at 19:33

    no beta available , same old page.

  6. Marko says

    9 May, 2012 at 10:15

    Still no beta available 🙁
    Duncan, are there any news regarding PO?

  7. forbsy says

    11 May, 2012 at 15:17

    We’ve got Octopus running at my company. Would be nice to see role based access controls for the folders, but I’m thinking that will be included at GA?

  8. James Hess says

    6 June, 2012 at 04:03

    The fine print of the announcement seems to say the Octopus Beta will be available some time in Q2, but it doesn’t appear there’s a way to download it yet from their website; “Signing up” for the beta on their website doesn’t lead to any communications.

    http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/press-kit/octopus-media-backgrounder.pdf

    “Availability:
    VMware Project Octopus beta will be available in Q2 2012 for qualified customer trials. For more information and an application form visit http://vmwareoctopus.com.”

  9. Marko says

    12 June, 2012 at 17:30

    Q2 2012 will end in a few days and still no communication since entering the mail address. Is the Octopus still searching for ink? 😉

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Duncan Epping is a Chief Technologist in the Office of CTO of the Cloud Platform BU at VMware. He is a VCDX (# 007), the author of the "vSAN Deep Dive", the “vSphere Clustering Technical Deep Dive” series, and the host of the "Unexplored Territory" podcast.

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