The common perspective of most analysts that have made IT predictions for 2013 is that Cloud, Social, Mobile and Information will be the foundation for the growth of businesses in 2013. We agree and we have our own take on the IT predictions for the upcoming year. Here is TL;DR version: Drastic changes in the […]
How to create read-only Dropbox shared folders (using cloudHQ)
One of the most requested features of Dropbox is to provide read-only Dropbox shared folders. Unfortunately, Dropbox does not currently offer folder permission settings, so marking a folder as “read-only” is not possible at this time. However, cloudHQ provides a one-way sync feature that makes it very easy to simulate read-only shared folders with Dropbox. […]
How to use Evernote and Google Drive in schools
The following is a description of suggested methods for digital collaboration between teacher and student for managing a class of high school students. For this setup, you basically need Evernote and Google Drive accounts for the teacher and students and one cloudHQ account to sync, replicate and backup data. Then you need to setup the sync, […]
Security steps which need to be taken when allowing BYOD
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) is the policy of allowing employees of a company access company information and work on company projects from their own device- such as a smartphone, tablet, laptop, etc. This provides the IT department with the challenging task of implementing support for an employee’s device while securely protecting valuable company data. With […]
Five Steps To Securing Your Data On Evernote
Evernote is a popular cloud service and it’s my personal favorite note-taking and idea collecting service. But it’s really so much more than that. It also allows snapshots that can be integrated into notes and features an excellent search feature. All files and documents can be labeled with keywords in order to provide an easily searchable […]
The Emergence of ‘Bring Your Own Services’
We’ve seen the powerful emergence of the ‘Bring Your Own Devices‘ (BYOD) movement and how it is affecting companies and how they deal with their employees and security policies. There is currently another movement that seems to be just as powerful and it is currently gaining ground on a daily basis. We can call it […]
Top 10 Ways To Make Evernote Work For You
Evernote is one of the most popular cloud services available. It allows users to instantly grab notes, photos and files anywhere, anytime,on a variety of devices such as computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets. These files can be instantly uploaded and saved which makes it a highly useful tool for many people in a variety of […]
The Emergence Of ‘Bring Your Own Devices’
With the rising popularity of “bring your own devices” (BYOD), the corporate world is in the middle of a rollercoaster ride. Many companies are headed up- embracing the idea of employees using their own devices to access company data and perform company business, while others are headed down- keeping it strictly off-limits. Are companies accepting BYOD? A […]
How To Synchronize Dropbox With Your Chromebook
Chromebooks are great laptops but how can you access your Dropbox files in your Chromebook? What makes Chromebooks so great? Chromebooks are lightweight notebooks based on Google Chrome OS that make life easier on those of us who expect more than tables but less than heavy typical netbooks based on Microsoft Windows OS. Typical PC netbooks […]