While we have become used to the rapid pace at which Internet technologies develop, it is quite amazing what everyday tools we didn’t have a couple of years back can do; things we often take for granted nowadays, but which make our online and everyday life much, much easier. There are very few offices that don’t have a use for IT, and the same goes for retail businesses. The online market is becoming a heaven for startups and freelancers alike, and they all have a need to handle things more efficiently. One genuinely groundbreaking new piece of technology that became available for the masses in recent years is cloud technology.
Most people are aware of the basic application of cloud storage. Most of us use it to store files and access them from anywhere we have web access, but not many people know that it can also help you automate and shorten the ‘clicking and copy-pasting logistics’ of working on the web. If you just take a little time to set up the whole thing, you will resolve a lot of running around and, basically, cut your work time.
But storage is just one of the many ways cloud technology is used. A wide spectrum of services use cloud technology – for example, cloud hosting, cloud call centers and other forms of PaaS (platform as service), IaaS (infrastructure as a service) and SaaS (software as a service). Here are 15 tips and tricks for cloud storage that you probably didn’t know:
1. E-mail attachments
Even though we can use instant chat and video calls, a lot of online messaging is still done through e-mails. People working in IT know how messy e-mails can get and how easily you can lose an attachment you really need to find. The service Send to Dropboxsends your attachments to your storage folder so you will always be able to find them.
2. The always accessible and fresh to-do-list
Given that a lot of people use multiple devices and that we’ve all lost the habit of writing things down, it comes in handy that you have an updated to-do list. Dropbox, Sky Drive (now One Drive) and Google Drive all give you this option with a .txt file.
3. Managing document versions
A lot of companies use their drives for collaborative, on-file work. In this kind of setup, access to previous file versions may arise. Google Docs, Sky Drive and Dropbox offer you a document management feature as well. This way you can rectify mistakes without having to do things over and waste time.
4. Music storage and streaming
Music is an everyday part of people’s lives, and in some situations you really want to listen to your own music. Google Play gives you the option to store your music and access it from anywhere and it keeps a backup of up to 20,000 songs.
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