Tuesday, 12 January 2010

Watch out Mozy, ZumoDrive, DropBox…. – Google Docs is on the move

Over the next few weeks, Google will be rolling out the ability to upload all file types to the cloud through Google Docs, giving you one place where you can upload and access your key files online. Because Google Docs now supports files up to 250 MB in size, which is larger than the attachment limit on most email applications, you’ll be able to backup large graphics files, RAW photos, ZIP archives and much more to the cloud. More importantly, instead of carrying a USB drive, you can now use Google Docs as a more convenient option for accessing your files on different computers.

This feature can also help you work with teams to organise and collaborate on information online.  You can even add these files to the same shared project folder your team has already been using to collaborate on documents and spreadsheets.

In addition to uploading any file into Google Docs, the Google Apps Premier Edition will be able to seamlessly upload many files at once and sync them with your desktop in real time using third party applications.

This feature will be enabled over the next couple of weeks.