Presents

Choosing a Cloud Storage Provider

02/21/13

Introductions

Alex Green, Aimy Enriquez, and Jessica Fraser Serving at 501 Commons www.501commons.org

Overview

•"Cloud storage" overview

•Dropbox

•SugarSync

•Google Drive

•SkyDrive

• iCloud

•Summary

•Survey & Questions

Cloud Storage

• Remote servers hosted on the Internet opposed

to local server or personal computer o Store, manage, process data

o E-mail, social media, YouTube, flickr

• Centralize, share, and collaborate on work

http://xkcd.com/1117/

Dropbox

•2 GB free upon signing up o$9.99/month for 50 GB; $19.99/month for 100 GB

•Mac, Windows, & Linux; iOS, Android & Blackberry

•Version tracking: restore

•File and folder collaboration

•Automatic desktop syncing o"Dropbox" folder

•Public file sharing

•No file size upload limit o300 MB via browser

SugarSync

•5 GB free upon signing up o$4.99/month for 30 GB, $9.99/month for 60 GB

•Mac & Windows; iOS, Android, & Blackberry

•Version tracking: restore

•File and folder collaboration

•Multi-folder desktop syncing

•Public file sharing: password protection

•No file size upload limit

Google Drive

•5 GB free upon signing up o$2.49/month for 25 GB; $4.99/month for 100 GB

•Mac & Windows; iOS & Android

•Version tracking: restore

•File and folder collaboration

•Automatic desktop syncing o"Google Drive" folder

•Public file sharing

•10 GB file upload limit

Google Drive

•Can open over 15 different types of files oImages, videos, Photoshop, AutoCAD

•Uses Google searches oPictures and OCR (optical character recognition)

•Edit and create documents within browser

•Real time editing oDocs, Sheets, Slides, Drawings

SkyDrive

•7 GB free upon signing up o$10/year for 20 GB; $25/year for 50 GB, $50/year for 100 GB

•Mac & Windows; iOS, Android & Windows Phone oand Xbox!

•Version tracking: no restore

•File and folder collaboration

•Multi-folder desktop syncing

•Public file sharing

•2 GB file upload limit

SkyDrive

•Web Apps of PowerPoint, Excel, Word and OneNote oEdit and create documents within browser

•Can "fetch" non-synced items from Windows computers oSearch through home computer

•Real time editing

iCloud

•5 GB free upon signing up o$20/year for 10GB; $40/year for 20 GB, $100/year for 50 GB

•Mac & Windows; iOS

•No version tracking

•No file and folder collaboration

•No folder syncing

•No public file sharing

•25 MB file upload limit o250 MB if paid account

iCloud

•Arguably easiest "syncing" oBut only with Apple products

iWork: Pages, Keynote, Numbers

oMusic, photos, calendars, contacts, docs

• iTunes purchases: can continue on different device o$24.99/year for items not purchased through iTunes

•Safari browsing: continue on webpage where left off

Summary

Free

storage

space

Desktop Mobile Version

Tracking

File

Syncing

Public

File

Sharing

Max

File

Upload

size

Mac Windows Linux iOS Android Blackberry Windows

Phone

Dropbox 2 GB x x x x x x Yes, with

restore

1 desktop

folder

Yes None

(300MB

via

browser)

SugarSync 5 GB x x x x x Yes, with

restore

Multiple

folders

Yes, with

password

protection

None

Google

Drive

5 GB x x x x Yes, with

restore

1 desktop

folder

Yes 10 GB

SkyDrive 7 GB x x x x x Yes Multiple

folders

Yes 2 GB

iCloud 5 GB x x x No No No 25 MB

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