cloud storage

Cloud computing has become an everyday occurrence for most of us. But did you know that the idea started back in 1960? Unbelievable I know!

I just wanted to share with you ways in which we can store data etc. online. Most of us are familiar with the likes of facebook, youtube and flickr. I wanted to draw your attention to some alternatives – zumo drive / zumo cast and dropbox.

Zumo drive / zumo cast are compatible with mac and windows. They have iPhone and Android apps available too. Essentially it is a hardrive in the clouds, you can put anything up there. Of course there is a limit, but there is a paid for option as well, see http://www.zumodrive.com/. I think that the clever side of zumo drive is its sister company zumo cast, giving the ability for a user to stream media directly to there iPhone from there computer. See for yourself at http://www.zumocast.com/ -  just brilliant!

Dropbox on the other hand is a great bit of online syncing storage, compatible like zumo. http://www.dropbox.com/. It is free like Zumo but till a certain extent. They have a great sharing community for files and we often use it in the office as a quick go between the macs. Its easy to use and very user friendly.

I would recommend both, actually have both – I use them equally as a great way to share files and keep items safe out of the home and office.