[uphokyhuP]

I've used Dropbox for a while and it's quite good. Google Drive has just been released and it's must sleeker but I don't think it's all that practical, especially for what I need.

For my job, I have to get a lot of files from a group of many people (outside of where I work). Email has limits and getting lots of emails is messy so online storage would be better. Google Drive lets me create a folder and make it public but public members can only view what's on there and not add anything, though anyone can view it without having to sign in / make an account (which is good). I then tried inviting a colleague to see if she could add files, but she can't ONLY I can actually add files which makes it almost useless unless I just want to show people files that I own.

Dropbox will let others drop files into a folder but they HAVE to sign up for Dropbox - which is something I feel a lot of people probably won't bother to do. Though once, and if they do, sign up they're all able to put files in the shared folder so I can easily access them. I guess this would be a good way to increase my overall Dropbox space but I'd like somewhere that these people can drop me files and I can then take them and store them on my computer. Is there such a thing?
I guess FTP or such things would be good but as I feel people may not want to even create an account, they certainly won't want to faff around with FTP.

Any ideas?

[intisgunkas]

Dropbox does everything you need, surely they won't mind filling in a tiny form to use it? I can't think of any online storage service where you don't need to 'sign up'.

[uphokyhuP]

Dropbox does everything you need, surely they won't mind filling in a tiny form to use it? I can't think of any online storage service where you don't need to 'sign up'.

I think you're right, but I was really hoping that Google Drives 'public' folder with a link to it would simply allow anyone with that link to be able to upload to it but as it turns out, only a single owner can add to a shared folder. Odd, particularly as you can allow people to edit files.

[VladFal]

just make your own cloud storage. that way it does all you need and want, can have it 100% encrypted and benefit from 4th Amendment protections. that way you don't have to worry about your online storage epenis size.

[Nautilus]

just make your own cloud storage. that way it does all you need and want, can have it 100% encrypted and benefit from 4th Amendment protections. that way you don't have to worry about your online storage epenis size.

That.

I generally feel that your own cloud storage is the best solution, and really the only one for any business that's a fiduciary (law, medicine, finance, much consulting, etc...), to avoid data leakage.

For a small business, this is easily accomplished by ensuring that you have adequate upstream (256KB/s minimum with 500KB/s+ preferred) and using your own data server. I generally recommend Synology for when a boxed solution rather than roll-your-own is preferable.

I've put together a couple nice NAS setups for small business (just as a favor to people), and have had no complaints. Synology also offers very easy remote backup options for off-site data security.