I’ve been trying dozens of online storage and backup services in the last couple of years. I also have some experience with (Enterprise) Content and Document Management and have an understanding of the benefits and challenges with cloud based and SaaS services.
So here comes dropbox. Dropbox are quite successful in revolutionizing the way people (including myself) think about and access their files. In particular, they make it easy to securely share files with other people, sync them across multiple computers, access them from anywhere, and keep them. Safe.
I’m currently involved in three different projects with distributed teams and with no Alfresco or the like at hand, dropbox was the answer to all document based collaboration. And the feedback from the teams is: a very satisfactory one.
Dropbox has an online web client for document management including
- online storage and retrieval
- sharing
- versioning
- special support for pictures
- update notification (incl. RSS)
- account information and settings and
- installation support for OS specific clients
They provide clients for Windows, Mac and Linux and the web client has a special iPhone output version. I just love the Growl integration. Check the screencast for a detailed introduction and to see what I mean here.
Dropbox is a tech startup based in San Francisco. They are funded by Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners and since launching end of last year they have attracted over a million users.
Get Dropbox here.
