Tech of the Week: Google Drive

In-browser access to files, automatic syncing to your desktop and mobile devices, third party application authorized access to your files - Google has joined the cloud game and their premier is nothing short of impressive. Not that we expected anything less. 

How will your Google applications in the cloud enhance collaboration and sharing in the workplace? How can services like Drive essentially be an enterprise application all on their own? I think we're going to find out. 

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Will cloud computing be your best option? Make sure you answer these questions first.

Cloud computing, cloud technology, cloud services, “in the cloud”, in whatever context, you’ve heard of it. And by now you could probably recognize it by this definition “a type of computing in which "massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered 'as a service' to external customers using Internet technologies" or by the services you’ve used personally for years that already employ the technology: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs. Now that cloud technology is transforming corporate IT infrastructure, it’s being used in collaborative areas such as file storage and sharing, web and video conferencing, web-based project management software and online education and training. Many predictions are being thrown around involving billions of dollars saved as IT budgets expand the “Cloud services outsourcing” item, but the decision to use or not use cloud services has not come lightly, especially where sensitive monetary, employee, and client data are involved...

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Guest Post - The Cloud Computing Revolution – Are You on Board?

This guest post was written by Matt Saunders. Matt writes for Qubok, a blog which offers help to small companies on how they can grow their businesses and increase productivity by using various technologies...

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