Oct 30

SugarSync backs up your business

As a customer, have you had this experience before that when you communicate with a company you are asked to send some files with sensitive information in them? Or as a business, have you been asked by customer to send them some sensitive documents, such as the tax documents?  You cannot believe how many people THINK email is safe and secure for sending and receiving sensitive documents. One of my customers recently asked me for help to close his hacked Yahoo email account and he told me that in the past several year he had asked his accountant to send his tax return documents to his email account, so he was very concerned about those documents being stolen.

That is why I use SugarSync to protect my business and my customer. When I need to communicate with my customer and need to send them any sensitive documents, I use SugarSync instead of email. I ask my customer to sign up a free SugarSync account, then share a folder with me through SugarSync. If they need to send me any sensitive document, they just drop the document in the shared folder. The document is then securely uploaded to the SugarSync’s data server, and then delivered to my computer directly. Moreover, the document is encrypted at SugarSync’s data server, and only the customer and the people with share permission can access the document. Likewise, when I need to send my customer a document, I just drop it into the shared folder, and the customer will get the file on their computer in no time. So, as a business owner, I highly recommend SugarSync for your business. With as low as $4.99 a month, you can get 30GB storage space which is enough for a small business. And if you need more space, you can always upgrade your plan easily. To get started, you can click the banner below to start your free trial:

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Jun 08

What is urDrive and V-Drive?

I bought a Kingston USB drive the other day and it is preloaded with some software called urDrive. I was curious about it because I never heard of it, so I did some research. After some digging, I found out that urDrive is preloaded software on select Kingston USB flash drives. It is bundled with computer scan by Norton PC Cleanup, web browser by Maxthon, kid’s games by Fooz Kids, and interestingly, a free cloud storage of 6GB. At first, I thought Kingston is the provider of the free on-line storage, but after some investigation, I realized that the free 6GB cloud storage is provided by Maxthon’s V-drive.

V-drive is Maxthon’s file syncing service that runs on Windows PC (desktop or USB drive) and Android. However, comparing to some major file sync/cloud service providers such as SugarSync, DropBox, SpiderOak, and Box.net, I don’t see any feature that will make V-drive stand out. The only interesting feature is it can be installed on a USB drive and launched from the USB drive, but it is not enough to convince me to use the service. I have been using SugarSync for over a year and I am very happy with the service. If you are interested to know why I like SugarSync, you can read my previous posts about why I dropped DropBox and switched to SugarSync and what the features I enjoy in SugarSync.

Those two posts have my referral link, and if you sign up an account with SugarSync with the link, you will get a bonus 500MB space and I will get a bonus too. Thank you in advance.