Cloud Computing, 2nd Edition

Revisiting File Sharing

Most cloud-based data-storage providers allow you to share folders with other users, as we learned in Chapter 6, “Disk Storage in the Clouds.” Using the shared folder, you can easily exchange photos, documents, and other digital content. In this way, users do not have to track and later manage a myriad of email attachments.

Within collaborative environments, however, users often need to edit the same document, sometimes at the same time. Fortunately, many cloud-based collaboration tools (such as Google Docs, Google Workspace, or Microsoft Office) now provide such simultaneous editing capabilities.

The Wiki

One of the most popular Web 2.0 tools for document sharing is the wiki, which lets users collaborate on web-based ...