If you are like me, you have probably arrived at a destination, laptop in hand, thinking you were going to work on that flashy presentation or important document. You get there and discover that you forgot the file on the office or home computer and have no way of getting to it. Relief for this type of situation is now available with a service called, “Syncplicity.”
The name of this service almost says it all. It is a web-based service that enables you to easily synchronize files from one computer to another and to store copies on the Syncplicity servers. This service is free for now, but will have a fee structure associated with it soon.
You use the service by downloading and installing a small application that integrates with Explorer. During the setup of the application, you tell it which folders you want to keep synchronized and it begins to upload the content of those folders to the Syncplicity site. Once the process is completed, you can view your documents from the site, you can download them, you can share them with others or you can synchronize them with another PC. The service is so versatile that it even has an iPhone interface at http://m.simplicity.com.
I have uploaded some pictures that I took on a recent trip. These are now available for me to share with others or to synchronize with my other computers. This is my way of testing the system. I am still not comfortable placing confidential data on their servers. You may not be either. Synchronizing encrypted documents, however, should be alright. You can read more about it or even watch a video of how it works at http://www.syncplicity.com.
Robert Alonso
Alonso Consulting, Inc.
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