Google offers several storage services. There is Google Drive, which is
replacing the Google Docs. There is also Google Cloud Storage, which provide
raw REST based cloud storage service.
Some customer use cases may be best served by Google Drive and there are
others that may be more suitable for Google Cloud Storage. For example, if
you are a Google Apps customer looking for a file sharing or collaboration
solution, Google Drive may be the obvious choice – especially if you’re
already using Google Docs. On the other hand, if you want to migrate or
backup file server data to the cloud, Google Cloud Storage is probably the
better fit.
Some will even compare Google Drive to Dropbox and Google Cloud Storage with
Amazon S3. But the catch is that many customers do not fall squarely into one
category or the other. Instead, they have overlapping needs and face the
challeng... (more)
Earlier this week, HP announced the public beta of its cloud services. Since
then, we published a series of demo video about how to leverage HP Cloud
Storage for different use case. For example, use HP Cloud Storage as a
network drive for access and backup; use HP Cloud Storage from file server as
a file server replacement; use HP Cloud Storage from web browser for share
and collaboration.
This video adds one more use case – access HP Cloud Storage files and
folders from mobile device, an iPad.
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Today HP moved its cloud services to public beta. Gladinet has been working
closely with HP Cloud Service since private beta to provide product
integration support. Gladinet is also announcing today the support of HP
Cloud Storage service with the full Gladinet Suite of products.
In the latest Gladinet Desktop Client, you will see the HP Cloud drop down,
which allows you to attach your HP Cloud Storage account into Windows
Explorer as a mapped network drive.
At the next screen, you can enter the related HP Cloud account information.
After that, the HP Cloud folder will show u... (more)
Gladinet Cloud fully support HP Cloud Storage. This video demonstrates the
support from the Gladinet Cloud Server.
The use case is very simple. You have a file server that over a period of
time you would like to migrate over to the cloud, and preferably HP Cloud
Storage.
You would like to connect the file server with the HP cloud storage so your
local users can still use the file server through regular network shares,
while the file server is in turn doing seamless migration to the HP Cloud
Storage. In between migration, you will have web browser access, mobile
device access to ... (more)
With HP Cloud Storage, you can access it from web browser or from Application
Programming Interface (API). With Gladinet, it is much easier to access HP
Cloud Storage from all major web browser with Windows Explorer like
interface. It is also easy to share and collaborate with colleagues from web
browser.
This video demonstrates the value-add functionalities Gladinet brings to HP
Cloud Storage. There are quite some significant enhancements:
(1) Anywhere access: from desktop, from web browser and from mobile devices
to HP Cloud Storage.
(2) Team Folder for collaboration, with fil... (more)