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CBS Interactive turned on Google Drive enterprise-wide this week. Have you turned Google Drive in your organization? Are your users taking advantage of it like you think they should?
There is enough players in the consumer segment, but there is lack of focus on the business needs when it comes to file sharing and sync services. Are there better solutions out there in the market that is designed for businesses rather than compromising on a consumer service.
I'd assert that a solution that EXCLUDES local file storage would actually be a better enterprise solution. That's why orgs move to solutions like desktop or app virtualization.
My hunch is that Google's engineers think web-based apps and data are optimal.
I think Google Drive is a concession to the way people -- consumers and business people -- are accustomed to working: with local apps and data. That may be why it took so long for them to get around to building Google Drive.
My hunch is that the Google folks are building Google Drive in such a way as to provide people with a tool that minimizes behavior change. Even if the system works in a non-optimal way from a security, design and engineering standpoint.
In my optimal world, there would be no need for file sharing or sync: you'd simply login, and the apps and data would all simply be available. The user shouldn't have to think about files at all.
I think both Google and Apple are moving in this direction, but with somewhat different approaches! It will take a few years for this transition to take place.
--Andy
My hunch is that Google's engineers think web-based apps and data are optimal.
I think Google Drive is a concession to the way people -- consumers and business people -- are accustomed to working: with local apps and data. That may be why it took so long for them to get around to building Google Drive.
My hunch is that the Google folks are building Google Drive in such a way as to provide people with a tool that minimizes behavior change. Even if the system works in a non-optimal way from a security, design and engineering standpoint.
In my optimal world, there would be no need for file sharing or sync: you'd simply login, and the apps and data would all simply be available. The user shouldn't have to think about files at all.
I think both Google and Apple are moving in this direction, but with somewhat different approaches! It will take a few years for this transition to take place.
--Andy
@andy@...
???Files are so 1990,??? said Pichai. ???I don???t think we need files anymore.???
http://allthingsd.com/20110425/how-google-killed-gdrive-and-spiked-its-skype-acquisition/
???Files are so 1990,??? said Pichai. ???I don???t think we need files anymore.???
http://allthingsd.com/20110425/how-google-killed-gdrive-and-spiked-its-skype-acquisition/
"With Google Drive, a double-click on a Google Doc opens the document in a browser" - Woopie. I can open a .DOC file and Word opens up on my desktolp or laptop. So?
And it can view a bunch of type. I don't know when the last time someone sent me a Photoshop PSD file and no one ever sent me a PAGES file. Anyone actually use that? And as for Autocad, if you aren't in that business you don't need it. If you are, you already have Autocad installed.
So again. Big woop.
Finally do you wish to put everything in one basket? If Google Apps [or Google Drive] goes down - and it has enough times - that isn't good.
And it can view a bunch of type. I don't know when the last time someone sent me a Photoshop PSD file and no one ever sent me a PAGES file. Anyone actually use that? And as for Autocad, if you aren't in that business you don't need it. If you are, you already have Autocad installed.
So again. Big woop.
Finally do you wish to put everything in one basket? If Google Apps [or Google Drive] goes down - and it has enough times - that isn't good.
Looking through the smoke and mirrors when it comes to "cloud" based solutions, I have come up to the conclusion that most people really do not think much past today to see the fallacy of relying on "cloud" based solutions. So called applications which attempt to provide equivalence with real applications just cannot provide the functionality of those local applications, nor do they provide the security of locally installed applications and storing the data on your local drives. Putting all of your data into Google's or any other's servers is like handing your wallet over to them. Only a brain dead moron would allow someone that they do not know very well to hold on to their wallet.
As for utilizing cloud based storage, it is too expensive as compared to local storage, and with proper planning you can ensure that you have all of the files that you would need on a mobile device. I am looking forward to all of this hype to go the way of the netbook, dead and buried.
As for utilizing cloud based storage, it is too expensive as compared to local storage, and with proper planning you can ensure that you have all of the files that you would need on a mobile device. I am looking forward to all of this hype to go the way of the netbook, dead and buried.
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