Except that SharePoint lives within an enterprise, is somewhat less seamless to use, and is managed by enterprise administrators.
The cloud storage apps put data outside with ease... * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Rod Trent <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_-files_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 > ~ 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
