The big names in technology believe that there is the future in cloud storage and the result is Google going with online storage of Spreadsheet, Office, and word document, Dropbox providing 2 GB of free storage, Microsoft going with SkyDrive, Amazon going with S3, SugarSync provides real-time upload of changes and Box.net also joining the cloud.Do you know what is common between Google Docs, Dropbox and Box.net? All the three provides the way for the users to upload and save files online i.e., they all are cloud storage providers. The Dropbox is an interesting software for cloud storage which can be used for various purposes like Dropbox Portable, monitoring purpose and real time file sync purpose.
Now for accessing each separate cloud storage you need to remembers each of the credentials. But I have a very good solution where you can manage all of your cloud storage services that you know, infact it add more cloud services than you know. What more interesting is that you get one click access to all of your online account and now I find it easy to access my Dropbox, Google Docs, FTP and Box.net storage from anywhere using Otixo.
Visit Otixo.com and register using an email ID that you constantly use. The activation mail would be sent to that email ID, so give your correct email ID.
Once you are done with the registration, logging in to your account and start managing your cloud account by adding them to be used with Otixo. At the moment, the Otixo supports services like Dropbox, Google Docs, Box.net, Picasa, SugarSync, WebDav, Amazon S3, FTP and MobileMe. More services are added from time to time as they are tested perfectly by the users.
Now let us go through on how to add Dropbox to Otixo account
- Click on the Dropbox and it will ask for Dropbox display name to enter. Now this display name is your Dropbox email ID that you use. Once you have provided that, click on Authorize via Dropbox.
- Now you would be taken to a page where you need to authorize to connect with your Dropbox, click on Allow.
- Automatically back to Otixo web interface you would see all the Dropbox files added to your Otixo account.
- Similarly I have sync Google Docs to show up at Otixo.
- Now if you want to upload files or create a new folder directly from Otixo interface to your Dropbox or Google Docs or Box.net account then you can do it easily. For that you need to go to the respective cloud services and click on Upload.
- In the same fashion you can search for files in the folder online too for quick reference.
Select any file. For example I have selected a Spreadsheet doc and above you will find various options which includes share, preview, launch in, copy, cut, paste, rename, delete, download, upload and new folder. Now this option highlights automatically when you have selected a file and thus providing way to manage your cloud storage account at once place.
