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'The Cloud' and How It Can Save Memories

Submitted by dixonk
on Mon, 04/26/2010 - 14:35

The loss of hard work and memories is a devastating event, but that’s exactly what happens when your computer hard drive crashes. Work documents, a student’s homework, e-mails, pictures or even thousands of dollars' worth of music downloaded from iTunes–gone.

With all of us using mobile phones, desktop computers, laptops, netbooks and iPads often interchangeably, it makes sense that we keep our hard work and memories synchronized and safe. So how can we do this? Some say with the "cloud."

The cloud for many is a term only heard in vague Microsoft advertisements or tech magazines. The cloud is basically a building with a bunch of Internet connected computers in it, run by a company that maintains those computers and offers them out for us to store our stuff on.

Fortunately, we live in a free-market economy, so these cloud companies are always looking for new and better services to provide in order to win our business. Services like free data storage and file syncing between multiple computers offer significant value.

A lot of companies provide these services, but two really stand out. The first, provided by Microsoft, is Windows Live Mesh 2011, a completely free cloud-based service that features remote desktop and syncing of up to nine machines.

Another is SugarSync, which, like Microsoft, offers free 5-gigabyte storage. It also offers more storage space for a very modest price. A few other great offerings by SugarSync is the ability to stream music to a mobile device as well as its business plan, which enables multiple users access to the same data in real time.

I mentioned at the beginning that the effects of a hard-drive crash can be devastating. Take a good look at all your data storage options starting with the two I mentioned and remember that the cloud can provide a soft fluffy landing pad in the event of a crash.

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