Still using only one computer? This might be the year that changes. You could use a netbook as a secondary laptop for taking into meetings or on business trips, for example. Or maybe you've decided to buy an Apple MacBook for personal use, while continuing to travel with the Windows laptop your company gave you.
The biggest downside to using multiple computers is that your files can be scattered across them, making it difficult to know where a particular file is at any given time. It doesn't need to be this way, though, because there are plenty of options for synchronizing files and information.
An online file syncing service makes documents from one computer accessible from other computers and, in some cases, mobile phones. Recently, I gave SharpCast SugarSync a try. The easy-to-use service works with Macs and Windows computers. It combines online backup, file syncing, file sharing, and remote access for monthly rates of US$5 (for up to 30GB of data storage/syncing), $10 (60GB), $15 (100GB), and $25 (250GB).
Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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