Cloud Storage Choice

Conanius

Conanius

Conanius

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Apologies for forum choice, wasn't sure where was best.

My wife is trying to do some project work with a few people at our dog class, and I've been enlisted for technical support... here begins their problems !!

We need a shared folder solution that automatically sync's when changes are made. This is so they can share Excel/Word/Powerpoint/Images etc

I thought the best option could be they make a Dropbox account, and then everyone adds this to their PC. The only (selfish!) problem is that we have Dropbox, and it doesnt look like you can run two accounts simultaniously.

Any suggestions on alternate products would be greatly received. INCREDIBLY easy to use is the top priority !
 
I think I'd look at google docs as different people could be using the files simultaneously I believe. The shared drive scenario could surely result in someone saving their changes over the top of someone elses.
 
I'm currently running DropBox, Box, SkyDrive and Google Drive together all in all this gives me about 100Gb cloud storage for Free!.

Other than DropBox (which I use to move documents home from the office to work on), I'd say SkyDrive (with it's native Office integration) or Google Drive (which also handles Office Documents easily). I only use Box as I got 50Gb free for life from Sony with my Xperia Smartphone.

They all now have PC based access applications (Box have only recently done this!), so you don't have to try and access them via a web browser, makes moving documents over to the cloud soo much easier.

This might be of use!!...

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/features/377095/cloud-storage-services-the-big-four-compared
 
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simian

good link to the pcpro article

the user comments mentions some other providers "you" may not have heard of

and they look interesting

i wouldnt mind trying a cloud storage of an iso or 2

this one for instance :-

http://www.tonido.com/tonidopro.html


claims - File Size Limit - Unlimited

not sure of any exceptions but a question in their forum asked :-

http://www.tonido.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=54&t=4380&p=20363&hilit=iso#p20363

Can I use my media player to stream ISO movies from the server over the internet with Tonido?

You can try it using the free version.
 
I'd go with Skydrive, it includes the Web App versions of Word/Excel/Powerpoint etc free so your wife and her friends she shared docs with could edit them online without the need for actually buying office.
 
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