Synchronized-Storage

Synchronized storage is available in every corner, these days.

The use-cases for a freelancer like me are … many:

  • keep my Keepass-DB so I can access it safely and whereever I need it: mobile-devices, computer of friends and customers, ok … a web-service would be more versatile, but this is more secure!
  • share a portable-apps installation amoungst my various windows-machines
  • share an ebook-library
  • store presentations so I can access them from whereever

Privately, I might mention photos and ebooks. I would mention music (background for work), but these days a playbook at Amazon Prime Music is … more comfortable and versatile: I can load this offline into my mobile device and do not need a player for it. Way more compliant to my customer’s security requirements.

So, now that we have an idea, what we use it for, let us have a look what we can get:


Microsoft365

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I am a Linux-person. Linux/UNIX is my life. I breathe it, I live it. That is me. Then gain, there is the business. The business is defined by my customers. I need to be able to communicate with and share documents with my customers. The thing is … my customers use Windows and they use Microsoft Office. Myself I am happy with the offices that my favorite machines offer: pages/numbers/keynote on macOS and OpenOffice/LibreOffice on any system (mostly Linux).

Created: 2019-06-01 | Modified: 2019-06-01
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Box

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Box.com is a cloud storage vendor much like Dropbox. They did not start too promising to me, as initially they seem to have limited the amount of data to be accessed or written per month, but it seems that this limitation vanished. Now it is a pretty reasonable service. Definitely to be considered as a replacement for the degraded free plan of Dropbox.

Created: 2019-05-28 | Modified: 2019-06-01
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Dropbox

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Dropbox is a cloud file share. Actually it keeps a local directory in sync. Regrettably, Dropbox recently limited the free plan’s capabilities to a total of three devices, making it less attractive for “little stuff”. Looking at the pricing, for medium sized and specific use-cases, there are many alternatives … every larger IT-enterprise offers alike solutions: Microsoft, Amazon, Google, you name them. Your choice depends on your situation and use-case.

Created: 2019-05-28 | Modified: 2019-06-01
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