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7 Things You Should Know About Organizing Files in the Cloud
The folks at Educause have put together a new “7 Things” guide, this time describing 7 Things You Should Know About Organizing Files in the Cloud. “File storage and management has become a potentially limiting factor in the usefulness of new technologies, and cloud-based file services such as Dropbox, SugarSync, AeroFS, and Box.net attempt to fill that need. With these services, files are stored “in the cloud,” and each time the user accesses the service, the files are synced with whatever device is currently being used.” As usual, the quick reference resource answers the following questions:
- What is it?
- How does it work?
- Who’s doing it?
- Why is it significant?
- What are the downsides?
- Where is it going?
- What are the implications for teaching and learning?
