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09-Jan-2009
More clues on Microsoft's Live Mesh product
Microsoft is planning to detail a new product under development called Live Mesh, which appears to be a way to manage user data in the "cloud" across multiple devices. Foley said the first beta of the product is due later in April and that it will act as a way to synchronize files across a network, or mesh, of devices:
Right now, the best way to understand where Microsoft is going with mesh is via what it's doing with Windows Live FolderShare.
FolderShare, which is based on technology Microsoft acquired when it bought FolderShare from ByteTaxi in 2005, is designed to allow users to keep their files in sync across their computers, share folders with associates and access files from any computer (or, ultimately, device).