Google offers new store and share feature

published 12 January 2010

Google is adding a new feature to Google Docs that enables users to upload and share files without having to connect to their office network.

Each users of Google Apps will get 1GB of storage and the ability to upload files into Google's cloud of up to 250MB.

It claims to then allow colleagues to securely share, edit and update the file from anywhere.

A blog post from Anil Sabharwal, product manager at Google Docs, said: "Now accessing your work files doesn't require a connection to your internal office network."

"Nor do you need to email files to yourself, carry around a thumbdrive, or use a company network drive - you can access your files using Google Docs from any web-enabled computer."

Google Apps Premier Edition customers will be able to upload files in batches and also buy additional storage from $3.50 per GB per year.

Jennifer Scott is a former freelance journalist and currently political reporter for Sky News. She has a varied writing history, having started her career at Dennis Publishing, working in various roles across its business technology titles, including ITPro. Jennifer has specialised in a number of areas over the years and has produced a wealth of content for ITPro, focusing largely on data storage, networking, cloud computing, and telecommunications.

Most recently Jennifer has turned her skills to the political sphere and broadcast journalism, where she has worked for the BBC as a political reporter, before moving to Sky News.