Move Over Dropbox: Google Finally Announces Their Online File-Storage Service

By Bouvier Grant Group

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At long last, Google has introduced their version of online file storage: Google Drive.

Most of my clients and colleagues have been using Dropbox to manage our gargantuan grant applications and contract proposals. How does Google Drive compare? Like Dropbox and SkyDrive, files will appear on all your devices. While Dropbox offers 2 gigs of storage free, Google Drive gives 5 gigs– although SkyDrive gives 7 for free. But Dropbox fought back this week, unveiling some awesome new features for document sharing: Apparently now every file has a link that allows you to share the file with anyone, even those who don’t use Dropbox.

All these services offer more storage for purchase. But as an article in Slate this past Tuesday points out, if you use the free storage offered by ALL of these online services, you would have almost 25 gigs of free line storage, and that number is likely to increase. So why choose?
 

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Dr. Meg Bouvier

Margaret Bouvier received her PhD in 1995 in Biomedical Sciences from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. After an NINDS post-doctoral fellowship, she worked as a staff writer for long-standing NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins in the Office of Press, Policy, and Communications for the Human Genome Project and NHGRI. Since 2007, Meg has specialized in editing and advising on NIH submissions, and began offering virtual courses in 2015. She's recently worked with more than 40% of the nation's highest-performing hospitals*, four of the top 10 cancer hospitals, three of the top five medical schools for research, and 14 NCI-designated cancer centers. Her experience at NIH as both a bench scientist and staff writer greatly informs her approach to NIH grantwriting. She has helped clients land over half a billion in federal funding. Bouvier Grant Group is a woman-owned small business.

*Our clients include 9 of the top 22 hospitals as recognized by the 2023/24 US News & World Report honor roll

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