Cloud storage services: the big four compared
September 20, 2012
Grazed from PCPro. Author: Editorial Staff.
Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive and Box.Net are the four biggest names in cloud storage, but how do they work out for business use? Dropbox is arguably the archetypal cloud storage service, and one of the first services to demonstrate the potential of cloud computing to the mainstream user. Despite concerns about security, it has become a popular tool in enterprise.
End users who used it and loved it within their personal computing bought it to work, and now many companies – officially or unofficially – use it as a quick and dirty system for sharing files between multiple users, perhaps across multiple companies and locations. What’s more, with its easy sync capabilities it’s a fine means of keeping key files up to date and accessible across desktop and laptop PCs and mobile devices…
However, Dropbox has never been the only option. From the start, Microsoft took its own approach to cloud storage with its Live Mesh and SkyDrive services, and now that Microsoft has rolled Live Mesh’s synchronisation features into a Windows 8-ready SkyDrive, it’s an extremely compelling alternative…
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