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Dropbox Security Issues–IT has itself to Blame

July 31, 2012

Business

cloud computing, Cloud storage, dropbox, Email address, security, syncplicity, twitter, User (computing)

So Dropbox, the file sharing, backup and sync service that has been setting the world on fire, seems to have had some serious problems of late. It seems a large number of users have received spam e-mails and, in…

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Primadesk Brings One Interface to Cloud Content

July 16, 2012

Business

dropbox, Facebook, Flickr, google, Google Drive, Picasa, Primadesk, syncplicity

Those who call ourselves early adopters have a tendency to sign up to services on a regular basis. If I think about where my own content sits – I have images in Picasa, Flickr and Facebook. Documents in Google…

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On Google Drive, and Core Focus, and Dropbox

February 9, 2012

Business

Cloud storage, dropbox, google, google docs, sugarsync, syncplicity, Wall Street Journal

News today (admittedly for the umpteenth time in the last few years) that Google looks likely to finally roll out its cloud storage product, G Drive. According to the WSJ; Drive allows people to store photos, documents and videos…

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YouSendIt Moves Beyond File Sending–Takes on Backup/Sync Vendors in a Mobile Way

December 13, 2011

Business

Android, DocuSign, dropbox, IOS (Apple), sugarsync, syncplicity, YouSendIt

File sending vendor YouSendIt is today broadening its offering significantly by announcing the release of the new YouSendIt that includes multi-device applications (iOS, Android and desktop). But the big news, outside of simple file sending (which, I have to…

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Syncplicity moves to Document Lifecycle and Workflow

November 15, 2011

Business

backup, box.net, dropbox, google docs, sugarsync, syncplicity

I use a bunch of document and file synchronization, backup and collaboration tools. From SugarSync to Box.net, from Dropbox to Syncplicity I’ve pretty much used, and currently use, them all. One of the things that interests me from a…

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Cloud and SMBs

June 23, 2011

Business

cloudcomputing, dropbox, evernote, google, Google Talk, skype, syncplicity, tripit, tungle.me, Xero

A little while ago Christina DesMarais from Inc magazine asked a question on focus.com about the best small business applications out there. I live SMB so this was a question right up my alley. It seemed worthwhile to recount…

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Folder Sharing with a Twist–Monetization. And a Bad PR Rant

December 23, 2010

Business

dropbox, File Management, public relations, Racepoint Group, sharefile, syncplicity

Warning – only part of this post is a product review, while the rest is a rant against bad PR. But for anyone out there with a fledgling product (or an established product for that matter) the second part…

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OxygenCloud Opens the Kimono

July 19, 2010

Business

box.net, dropbox, oxygencloud, sugarsync, syncplicity

I recently spent some time talking with OxygenCloud. I’ve spent a bit of time talking with these guys over the past year, first meeting them when they called themselves LeapFile. OxygenCloud sells itself as a "secure virtual file system…

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Box Takes on Desktop Sync, the Space Gets Ever More Crowded

June 10, 2010

enterprise, Strategy

box.net, dropbox, sugarsync, syncplicity

I’ve written before about a number of desktop sync products I use – these products help me to keep my life organized across multiple devices (see my Syncplicity posts for example). The fact is that, for me at least, I live on three different laptops, a desktop from time-to-time and one or two mobile devices […]

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