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New topic for this presentation is Box.com . Why is Ubuntu One crossed out?. Ubuntu One Box storage. Storage vs. Backup. Considerations. Part One Internet connection speed? Share files with others? Access files from tablet, phone, PC, Mac? Available platforms?
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New topic for this presentation is Box.com. Why is Ubuntu One crossed out? Ubuntu OneBox storage
Storage vs. Backup Considerations
Part One Internet connection speed? Share files with others? Access files from tablet, phone, PC, Mac? Available platforms? Pay for the convenience? Feature set? 24/7 Technical Support (phone / chat / e-mail) Storage Selection Criteria
Part Two Pre-existing Apps or use your own? Company permanence, security, outage track record? Encryption? Privacy? File Sharing and / or Folder Sharing File Versioning (how many?) Digital Rights Management restrictions? Based in the United States? Storage Selection Criteria
Part One Internet connection speed? Available platforms? Rate per Gigabyte? Company permanence, security, outage track record? Encryption? 24/7 Technical Support (phone / chat / e-mail) Backup Selection Criteria
Part Two Automated / Scheduled Backups. File Versioning (how many?) Multiple computers? Privacy concerns. Digital Rights Management restrictions? Based in the United States? Backup Selection Criteria
Amazon Cloud Drive Just Cloud BackupGenie Mediafire BayFiles MEGA Box Onedrive CloudMe OziBox Copy pCloud Cubby SeaCloud Dropbox SFShare Firedrive Shared Golden Frog's Dump Truck Slash Drive Google Drive StreamNation HiDrive SurDoc hubiC Ubuntu One Inbox.com Zip Cloud Jumpshare Your choices for storage
Acronis Gillware Online Backup MyOtherDrive ADrive Hightail MyPCBackup AltDrive IDrive NitroBackup avast BackUp Iozeta Nomadesk Backblaze Jottacloud Norton Online Backup Backup Lizard Jungle Disk OpenDrive BackupRunner KineticD SafeSync Bitcasa Livedrive SOS Personal Cloud Carbonite Malwarebytes Secure Backup SpiderOak Comodo Backup McAfee Online Backup SugarSync CrashPlan Memopal Symform Cyphertite Mevvo Total Defense Online B/U ElephantDrive Mozy Zoolz Your choices for backup
Part One I selected Ubuntu One because it offered Windows and Linux clients. Canonical, the parent company of Ubuntu, is well capitalized. I trusted Canonical to do the right thing. I am disappointed in Canonical, but not disgusted. I selected Box because it is well capitalized. Reasons for my choice
Part Two Box has had no security breaches as has Dropbox. Box has had fewer outages than Google Drive (99.99%). Box is free with a 10 GB storage space. Box has no Linux client but the web site makes up for it. 250 MB file size limit for free accounts. Box Notes text editor Reasons for my choice
Website interface Box Sync Folder Transfer files Share files Youtube tutorials Makeuseof.com e-book Demonstration
Website interface Box Sync Folder Transfer files Share files Youtube tutorials Makeuseof.com e-book Demonstration