Sky Drives

You must be using Pen/Flash Drives for storing/sharing data.Now, you can have Free Online Storage and access it anytime, anywhere using SKYDRIVE. Windows Live Skydrive is a Free Online Storage facility offered by Microsoft at www.skydrive.live.com. The service currently offers 5GB of free storage, with a maximum upload file size of 50MB. Skydrive allows users to upload their files on the Internet and then access them from a web browser (Internet Explorer), It uses Computing Cloud storage model – a model of networked data storage where data is stored on multiple virtual servers, generally hosted by third parties) The Skydrive service utilizes Hotmail / Windows Live ID to limit access to the files the user has uploaded, allowing them to keep the files private, share with contacts, or make the files public. Publicly-shared files do not require a Windows Live ID to access.Optionally, an ActiveX tool can be installed to allow drag-and-drop uploading from Windows Explorer. Up to five files can be uploaded each time if that ActiveX tool has not been installed.

Please visit www.skydrive.live.com to know more.

[Contributed By KIPS]

2 thoughts on “Sky Drives

  1. On the subject of file backup, sharing and storage …

    Online backup is becoming common these days. It is estimated that 70-75% of all PC’s will be connected to online backup services with in the next decade.

    Thousands of online backup companies exist, from one guy operating in his apartment to fortune 500 companies.

    Choosing the best online backup company will be very confusing and difficult. One website I find very helpful in making a decision to pick an online backup company is:

    http://www.BackupReview.info

    This site lists more than 400 online backup companies in its directory and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis.

  2. I think that online drives are still pretty impractical in today’s world as with already limited download rates, it is pretty tough, slow and cumbersome to upload info as it is even slower that downloading. This increases the time taken on both sides, to upload the information and even download teh information at the other point. Wouldn’t you agree?

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