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Designed for businesses of all sizes, it is an object storage solution that helps store data, manage access controls, track inventory, monitor storage, accelerate bulk data transfers, and more.
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The best part was the ability to have online storage with clean customizable URLs for all on the internet to access.
There is no global "off-switch" for AWS subscriptions. In my opinion, this lack of control is a severe flaw and by itself constitutes sufficient reason to not use the software.
Amazon is very affordable, they have great dashboards to help you analyze your utilization which helps you scale up or down quickly as well as set up a new server.
Has suffered a bit on outages on the past which makes for frustrating user experience, especially if you use it as a core service such as hosting your static site.
I got into S3 as a storage service for image files but I realised I could do a lot more than I imagined with this amazing service. S3 also introduced me to the amazing world of aws cloud computing.
After multiple tests and after experiencing the horrible signup process we decided to look elsewhere for our cloud storage/assset management need.
The service provided is reliable and has a good performance and security standards, which is great for my purpose (IoT applications in large scale).
The only limitation is this can not be used as a block storage and it do not support formatting and can used for object purpose.
I have all my important documents and files saved in it and my photos are saved and it backs everything up.
I don't hate anything so far but when you forget your login details it renders the iPhone useless. So always keep your login.
First of all, iCloud is super easy to use and cheap. I do really appreciate the ease of syncing for example documents and photos with all of the Apple devices that you have.
I had a problem trying to opening my files on my android tabs and keep on interrupting my transfer process.
My experience with iCloud is positive, highlighting its ease of use, real-time synchronization, secure document storage, and the ease of collaborating on projects and documents with others.
There are some issue that people icloud has been breach and data has been leaked. I take it seriously and had adding more security to the account.
I loved how easy and flexible it is. It allows for me to link my files and share with my clients, as a health coach its a great.
I switched my iPhone for an Android device, and to my surprise, I couldn't access my uploaded files on my new phone. I also lost access to my iCloud email—shame on you, Apple.
Sharcrista: Hi, I'm Sharcrista. I'm a technical support analyst. My rating out of five stars for the Amazon S3 would definitely be a five. For more reviews like this, click link below. The previous software was hard to navigate. Also, hard to understand. I would have to take hours calling technical support just to get the systems uploaded. Amazon S3 was definitely different. I love the ease of use. I decided to go with Amazon S3 due to the ease of use, also, because it was easy to navigate other than the previous software, and I was also able to reach someone in technical support. It was so easy to integrate the Amazon S3 into my business. It was virtually the easiest application I've used thus far. I would recommend anyone to try Amazon S3. Sure to deliver everything that you're looking for and to also help your business.
Francisco: Hi, I'm Francisco. I'm a Chief's Editor, and I give iCloud four out of five stars. For more review like this, click below. Other software that I tried is the Google Suite, specifically, Google Drive. I also tried OneDrive, Dropbox, a lot of software before using iCloud. The other software is great for Windows and maybe Linux, but when working in Apple products, I really like to use iCloud. Yeah. Well, the main reason is that you need to have diversity in the company when using multiple platforms, but specifically for Apple products, iCloud is very, very easy to use. Integrations are very... Close compatibility between Apple devices is really easy to use. Yeah. Well, it is not really hard. It depends on how many Apple devices you have. If you don't have the need to use it, well, it will be a little bit difficult because integration with Windows and other smartphone platforms is not very intuitive and you have to use... I don't know. For example, Windows, you have to use Chrome for integrate iCloud, the Keychain, for example. But if you already have many Apple devices in your company, it is not really a problem. You just have to log in, you have to have your account, and that's it. Well, the first recommendation, it will be, if you manage a lot of accounts, for example, you're an IT and you get in charge of all the email of the employees, right? You have to remember all those passwords and accounts and all of that. Sure you can save them anywhere, or you can check it in your IT software, but you can also use Keychain. It's like, "Oh, wait. I need to check this accountant in my cell phone, or in my Mac." Yeah. And then you just log in. Your biometric security is all that you need, and you have access to all that information. So, I think that is really cool.
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