![]() ![]() IT may prefer the security of web-only cloud-storage usage, but it’s not operationally realistic. Virtual-drive apps are “how the vast, vast, vast majority of Dropbox users connect to Dropbox, and that’s how we encourage users to work with it, rather than via the limited web access,” says Rob Baesman, Dropbox’s product manager for business and enterprise. The web interfaces to cloud storage services don’t let local apps open their files, and the web interfaces are very difficult to use for file management-you can rename and delete files easily enough, but anything else is difficult. In other words, cloud storage works just like local storage for users. The use of a virtual drive also means that users can directly manage files and folders as they do any other files: move files, delete them, rename them, create folders, and so on. ![]() That lets users open files directly in their device’s applications, whether for editing in Excel, viewing in Acrobat, or attaching to an email. Application compatibility and file usability, meaning the user can access the files in the cloud storage as if it were a local network drive. Better performance, because local files open and save faster than internet-stored ones.ģ. No more need for thumb drives, emailing of documents to themselves, and the other practices users invented to get their work done wherever, whenever.Ģ. To do that effectively, and to maintain usability with users’ computer software, users are running the local virtual disk client for OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, or Google Drive. Basically, to use it instead of the My Documents folder in Windows or Documents folder in MacOS. Here’s the scenario: IT encourages or requires users to store all work documents in their corporate OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, or Google Drive. And there’s no elegant solution to the problem today. ![]() It lets users work on their files anywhere, from practically any authorized device, so the days of having to keep multiple copies of files synced across devices (work computer, home computer, mobile devices) are over.īut there’s a potential security gap in cloud storage that means you’re not getting the data security you expect, or you’re forcing users to walk through hoops to get their jobs done. It gives IT a central place to manage, secure, and back up company files. ![]()
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