How to Secure Your File Sharing and Sync Process

For last couple of technologically advanced years, IT Support has undergone several changes and so have file synchronization and sharing techniques. The result is a huge variety of platforms that can serve the purpose equally efficiently.

While options are numerous, from Box and Google Drive to Dropbox and Microsoft SkyDrive, you should choose what is right and can meet your unique requirements! The best way would be to compare them on the basis of different objectives that you may have.

Here is how different tools can help you secure your file sync and sharing process:

Efficiency in Terms of Storage Space

Regardless of which file sync and share platform you are using, your ultimate purpose is storage. So, it is important that you know how much storage space you are getting with different platforms.

SkyDrive leads the charge in that case. Dropbox and YouSendIt can provide you with just 2GB at the best. Unfortunately, this is less than the half of total storage space average file-sync services offer! Also, there are several other reasons other than the storage space to give SkyDrive a try.

Cost-Effectiveness

All of the popular file sync and sharing tools offered by IT Services charge on monthly basis. Again, SkyDrive from Microsoft is your most cost-effective platform. Interestingly, its yearly rates are less compared to virtually all major competitors.

SkyDrive and SugarSync are the only tools that provide users with most options for plans to choose from. YouSendIt comes with probably the worst plan – you are forced to either keep sticking to the $14.99 plan or pay $9.99 for 5GB. Google upgrades Gmail accounts of paid users only.

Safety

When choosing a file sync and sharing platform, another big requirement from users is security. This is always a big concern for those who need to share or upload files with personal information. So, whatever your requirements, make sure you know what different companies are doing to secure uploads and downloads.

Even if you don’t have much idea about what to look for, you should ask questions about SSL support at least. This is a technique used to encrypt your data so that only the sender and the receiver can read it.

Most of these platforms provide you with a SLL connection. And when it comes to encoded storage of files, SkyDrive, Google Drive and Box are going to disappoint you. Give one out of Dropbox, YouSendIt or SugarSync a try, depending upon your needs and keeping other features in mind.

Mobile Device Support

You’ll always want to be able to sync your systems with mobile devices and access data and information. Amazingly, SugarSync supports more (almost all!) mobile devices compared to other platforms!

While most of them really like iPhone, Blackberry is hardly supported by half of them. Box which’s supporting most mobile devices is another great option here.