How it works: DriveHQ FileManager works very similarly to an FTP file transfer application. Its cloud-syncing desktop software, DriveHQ FileManager, was released in early 2007.ĭriveHQ FileManager works similarly to an FTP file transfer application. The company behind DriveHQ, Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Drive Headquarters Inc., sells online storage, backup and other online services that appear to be designed mainly for business users. #OPENDRIVE USERNAME PASSWORD#I experimented with files ranging from 1MB up to 20MB in size.Ī note about security: While all of these services employ some basic means of password protection for your files, and most offer assurances that your files travel over “secure connections,” the fact of the matter is that you are still uploading your personal and business files to a remote server. #OPENDRIVE USERNAME WINDOWS 7#The Windows 7 notebook was taken to various locations with Wi-Fi Internet access. The Windows XP notebook was left in my home office, turned on and connected to the Internet. I installed the client on two notebooks - one running Windows XP, the other Windows 7. I tried out the Windows version of the desktop application for each service. Unfortunately, the next version of Windows Live Essentials won’t run on Windows XP, so XP users may want to check out the services in this roundup. The new Windows Live Sync will give you 2GB of online storage for syncing files. However, features of Live Mesh have been incorporated into the upcoming version of Windows Live Sync as part of Windows Live Essentials. Another Microsoft service, Windows Live Sync, doesn’t have direct syncing access to an online storage space. Incidentally, until recently Microsoft offered its own data synchronization service, called Live Mesh, but it’s now defunct. Most of these also offer paid upgrades in those cases, I list the other options that are available. #OPENDRIVE USERNAME FREE#I reviewed them using their desktop front-end clients, and I used only the free account versions of these services (because everybody likes free stuff). And you can grant other people access.įor this roundup, I chose five services that store, sync and share your files in the cloud: DriveHQ, Dropbox, OpenDrive, SpiderOak and ZumoDrive. From there it is accessible (by logging on with a username and a password) from your other devices, either from another installed version of the application, or via a Web interface. You designate which files or folders that you want to be part of the virtual drive everything on that drive is then automatically uploaded to an online server. The contents of this virtual hard drive remain in sync across all of the desktops, notebooks and mobile devices on which you have installed the client software. “Syncing to the cloud” may sound like marketing-speak, but it’s actually a convenient thing to do: Upload your important files to an online server and access them from any of your other computers and mobile devices.Ĭloud-based syncing services usually use a virtual drive that exists on your desktop in some manner, and it is linked directly to your online storage space. #OPENDRIVE USERNAME SOFTWARE#Artificial Intelligence (252) Auto Tech (7) Blockchain (62) CanadianCIO (15) Careers & Education (601) Channel (59) Cloud (1062) Communications & Telecom (74) Companies (60) Data & Analytics (169) Development (22) Digital Transformation (757) Distribution (9) Diversity & Inclusion (25) eCommerce (133) Emerging Tech (35) End User Hardware (65) Engineering (1286) Financial (783) Fintech (95) Future of Work (16) Governance (17) Government & Public Sector (106) Human Resources (2075) Infrastructure (30) IoT (108) ITWC Morning Briefing (4) Leadership (2677) Legal (305) Legislation (99) Managed Services & Outsourcing (45) Marketing (1951) MarTech (6) Medical (339) Mobility (4993) Not For Profit (3) Open Source (139) Operations (5424) People (12) Podcasts (1290) Posts (4121) Privacy (772) Project Management (76) Security (2972) Service (892) Smart Home (49) smart-home (1) SMB (489) Social Networks (416) Software (77) Supply Chain (21) Sustainability (17) Tech in Sports (246) Technology (7111) Women in Tech (74)
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