Business equivalent: Sharepoint.
From: James Hill [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 6:12 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: OT: New Skydrive & Win 8 Many of you have probably read about the new Skydrive:- http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2012/02/20/connecting-your-apps_2c00_-fil es_2c00_-pcs-and-devices-to-the-cloud-with-skydrive-and-windows-8.aspx It will be a key component of Windows 8 and a desktop version will be made available for Windows 7 and Vista. >From a consumer point of view this is fantastic. I've been using Skydrive in combination with Windows Live Mesh for a while now and it has made accessing the same files across multiple PC's very easy. Having Skydrive finally built into Explorer will be welcomed by many but it will also be built into Win 8 Metro apps, Office and eventually everything else. How will business handle this though? Just turn it off? We really need a business equivalent. Ultimately it would be great if you could configure Skydrive to point to a business's private cloud storage but I don't see this happening any time soon. Dropbox and similar services have been around for some time but in Windows 8, Skydrive will be right there, in everything, no further app installs required. Users will become used to it and they will want it for their work files too, or they will just start storing work files in their personal Skydrive. It's not a new problem but many users don't know about Dropbox and the like now so it isn't currently a big problem. With Win8 it will become a big problem. Whilst there is Direct Access and vpn's etc the simplicity and features of Skydrive make it superior for centralised file storage imo. In the business world, how will you handle this? James. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
