Didn't IBM do that many years ago with Lotus Notes integration with Quickr (formerly Quickplace)?
Let's see. I choose a file from Google Drive (Quickr) and insert a link into a Gmail (Lotus Notes). Then, I send the email to a user. If the user is authorized to the file, he/she downloads the file from Drive (Quickr) and voila.
Google markets it as 10GB attachments and the crowd goes wild at the...ahem...innovation.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2412534,00.asp
How does IBM Smart Cloud handle this Steve?
ReplyDeleteUnsure Bruce. I'm an on-premises guy with Quickr. Any similar integration with Connections in SmartCloud?
ReplyDeleteIBM Connections Files is the answer.
ReplyDeleteThree clicks and there's no innovation whatsoever. The difficulty is in teaching users how to copy and paste a link.
ReplyDeleteThe more things change.. the more they stay the same, but with better marketing...
ReplyDeleteI don't think it's better marketing as "25GB attachments" is a factually incorrect statement. LOL
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree it is conceptually the same and for that matter no different than linking to a file or document in a document library in Notes which was possible 18 years ago the Google solution is exciting and worth reporting on for a number of reasons.
ReplyDeleteFirst because the organizations that use GApps have been asking for this feature for a while. They could do the exact same thing before if they knew how to copy and paste a link from Drive/Docs but we all know that isn't going to happen for 95% of the users.
Second because the files are inherently externally available whereas most organizations Quickr/Domino environments are behind a firewall. Lastly and for me this is a big one, the Google solution evaluates the rights that the user receiving the link has to the target document and makes sure that the users are granted appropriate rights.