EMC has added an online filesharing platform that includes synchronisation capabilities with the purchase of privately held US startup Syncplicity. The purchase terms were not disclosed.

According to EMC the service offers enterprise capabilities and will be differentiated from the many consumer offerings on the market such as Dropbox.

Rick Devenuti, President, Information Intelligence Group, EMC, said, "It's our core belief that productivity and security are not mutually exclusive. In acquiring Syncplicity, we validate this concept by uniting enterprise ‘sync and share' capabilities for the cloud with governance and rigor that is synonymous with Documentum.

“As cloud, social and mobile dominate the way work gets done, our customers require more than simple containers for managing and sharing content. With Syncplicity, we will deliver best-in-class solutions for true extended enterprise collaboration."  

Syncplicity offers three kinds of accounts: a no-cost subscription plan, a personal subscription plan, and a business edition subscription plan, and is offered for Windows and OS X.