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An Internet service that provides storage to computer users.

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Storing your data on the cloud has come to the fore in the last few years as broadband speeds increase and the cost of storage plummets. Nowadays it is possible to store tens of gigabytes of data online for free.

But cloud storage has morphed from purely being a place to store data. From their file sharing origins, cloud storage now offers users and organisations shared folders, online document editing and collaboration and workflow capabilities.

As with SaaS applications, cloud storage offers no upfront costs and give organisations and users a hand way of increasing collaboration among employees and colleagues. Here is a round up of the main players in this space.

Description: Very much a basic cloud storage service that doesn't offer plug-ins or productivity extras, Amazon Cloud Drive offers a means to store files without the fuss of its rivals.

Free storage: 5GB

Earning extra free storage: Prime members can get unlimited free photo storage.

Paid storage: 20GB for £6 per year per user up to 1TB for £320 per year.

File size restrictions: 2GB per file

OS support: iOS, Android, Windows

Other features: The service allows recovery of deleted files

Description: Apple's foray into cloud storage with iCloud started out a syncing and backup service for iOS apps. The service will sync Calendar, Contacts, iTunes music, photos, and other files between an iOS device and a Mac or PC. It has branched out through iCloud Drive to offer more traditional file storage and syncing.

Free storage: 5GB

Earning extra free storage: No extra free storage is available.

Paid storage: 20GB for £0.79 per month up to £14.99 for 1TB per month.

File size restrictions: Individual file sizes are limited to 15GB

OS support: Mac OS X, iOS and Windows PC only. (iCloud Drive requires devices running iOS 8 and Mac OS X 10.10 -(Yosemite)).

Other features: The service offers tight integration with the Apple ecosystem and users can also use the web app to create and edit documents.

Description: Box has been running longer than similarly named Dropbox but has concentrated more in the enterprise space than on consumers. As such its sharing and privacy features have been developed specifically for business and IT users.

Free storage: 10GB

Earning extra free storage: Generally speaking, Box doesn't offer extra free storage that regularly. It did however offer 50GB of storage to celebrate the launch of its new iOS app last year. This 50GB seems to be the maximum free amount you can get from the company.

Paid storage: Individual users can get 100GB of storage for £7 per month. Business users can get unlimited storage starting from £11 per month (minimum three users)

File size restrictions: On the free account the file size limit is 250MB or 5GB for paid storage options.

OS support: Windows, Mac, Android, Blackberry, and iOS

Other features: Business-oriented plans offer Active Directory and single sign-on integrations. The service also integrates with SaaS apps such as Salesforce and Netsuite, to name a few.

Description: Copy is a cloud storage service from Barracuda Network, so you can expect this to be a highly secure way of storing and accessing data in the cloud. Unlike Dropbox, space can be split between users. E.g. a folder that is 4GB when used by four people takes up only 1GB in each user's Copy account. It is also primarily aimed at business users rather than consumers.

Free storage: 15GB for up to five users

Earning extra free storage: Users can earn 5GB in referrals. There doesn't appear to be an upper limit on referrals.

Paid storage: 250GB for $4.99 per month. Company plans start at $899 per year for 10 users and 1TB of storage.

File size restrictions: Users can upload files sizes up to the limit of their storage space.

OS support: Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, iOS, Android.

Other features: All data stored in the Copy cloud are protected with server-side AES-256-SHA encryption. A single account can split storage between personal and corporate data.

Description: Cubby is a cloud storage service from remote computer control software vendor LogMeIn. The service offers not only online storage but the ability to sync unlimited folders across devices without using the cloud.

Free storage: 5GB

Earning extra free storage: Users can earn up to 25GB in storage through referrals.

Paid storage: 100GB for $6.99 per user per month. Enterprise offerings for five users sharing 1TB costs $39.99 per month

File size restrictions: unlimited file size

OS support: Mac OS X, Windows, iOS, Android

Other features: Enterprise accounts offer policy management, domain-based administration, Active Directory support.

Description: Probably the most popular and most well-known cloud storage provider, Dropbox has managed to fend off the competition from the big guns.

Free storage: 2GB

Earning extra free storage: Users can earn extra free storage up to 16GB by referring friends, downloading features apps and enabling camera uploads.

Paid storage: Individual users can upgrade to 1TB for £7.99 per month or up to 5TB when using a business account - (starts at £11 per user month for five minimum users).

File size restrictions: Files up to 10GB in size are allowed through the website. Otherwise files must be smaller than storage quota.

OS support: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1; Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6) or later; Ubuntu 10.04 and Fedora 19+. iOS 7 or later; Android 2.1 or later; Blackberry OS 4.5 or later; Windows Phone (Version 1.1 was released in February 2015, enabling greater sharing and unsharing functionality for users).

Other features: Works with third party apps such as Microsoft Office 365 on iOS and Android.

Description: Google Drive has evolved out of Gmail to be very much its own product. It ties in with that service and other Google productivity apps besides. Of course, Drive also has the file sharing and syncing abilities of its rivals Dropbox and Box as well.

Free storage: 15GB for all users

Earning extra free storage: Google runs promotions from time to time offering free storage. Chromebook users can get 100GB of free storage for two years by visiting a Google site to redeem the offer. It also gave out 10GB to anyone that downloaded and linked to its QuickOffice app.

Paid storage: 100GB starts at $1.99 per month and 1TB costs $9.99 per month. This goes up to 30TB of storage for $299.99 per month.

File size restrictions: Files that aren't converted to a Google Docs, Sheets or Slides format can be up to 5TB in size.

OS support: Windows PC, Mac OS X, iOS and Android. All other platforms must use web app.

Other features: Integrated heavily with its Google Apps service. Users can create documents and work on them in real time with other collaborators.

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Cloud storage providers: Guide to who's who

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Storing your data on the cloud has come to the fore in the last few years as broadband speeds increase and the cost of storage plummets. Nowadays it is possible to store tens of gigabytes of data online for free. But cloud storage has morphed from purely being a place to store data.

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A worldwide collection of computer networks that connects millions of people

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A storage device that has one or more inflexible circular patterns which is used to store data, instructions, and information.

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A Tablet is a mobile device that happens to fall in between laptops and smart phones. It comes with many features of a smart phone how ever it consists of a much wider screen and is often thinner depending on the type. You can enter text on the device even though it technically has no keyboard, only a digital one.

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a app is little thing that you can use for so many things like google or YouTube are apps that can have

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a personal computer designed to be stationary on a desk or a table.

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Lets users access web pages

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Any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer or mobile device.

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Electronic device that accepts data, processes the data according to rules,and produces output for users to use and see.