File Management Tools

With two great file sharing and storage products it can be a little confusing which product will work for your business. However, Rackspace gives you two solutions that both help different needs.

Overview
SharePoint
Cloud Drive

Rackspace Cloud Drive

A digital file cabinet system to share files between team members.

Microsoft Sharepoint

A company-wide bulletin board for file sharing, collaboration, and project management.

Collaboration

A document needs to be stored for an entire team to view, but not edit.

A document needs to be available for viewing and editing by multiple parties, with versioning and control over users’ rights to edit or publish documents.

Access Controls

User group-controlled permissions gives members of a user group equal access rights to documents on a drive.

Individual and user group-controlled permissions give document or site access to entire teams, user groups, or individual users.

Communication

A central location to post company information for mass distribution.

A place to initiate and maintain two-way conversations using built-in blogs, wikis, and forums.

Project Management

A place to hold project-related files in a central location.

A place to manage projects with milestones, shared calendars, task lists, and tracking tools.

Feature	Benefits
Backup	If a local machine crashes or is unavailable, users can access all of their files via the web-based interface.
Security	AES-256 encryption and admin-controlled keys secure sensitive files.
Storage	Unlimited storage scales to your needs and users can share large files too large for email.
Access	Access to each individual team’s content is assigned per drive.
Pricing	Starts at $4 per month for 10GB of storage, additional storage available.

Product Attributes	Benefits
File Management	Creates a single repository to share important files for multiple groups in an organized file structure.
Access	Share files at the group level or assign permissions for individual files.
Team Sites	Build dedicated sites for individual groups to view and collaborate on files.
Project Management	Keep track of project responsibilities, due dates, and track project progress with same tool used to store related files.
Discussion Forums	Moves email conversations between multiple parties out of the inbox and into a centralized, searchable location.
Pricing	Email customers start with a free 250B site, with additional storage available. Without email, starts at $10 per GB per month.

File Management Tools

Rackspace Cloud Drive

Microsoft Sharepoint

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