Is Your Network Drive a Disaster Waiting to Happen?
Cloud systems can ease the burden at upgrade time.
By Roman H. Kepczyk
Quantum of Paperless
The network drive in most firms is not very well organized and needs the most cleanup. This happens because it is usually managed with Windows Explorer, which allows almost anyone to create or access a file anywhere on the drive.
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Unfortunately, there is seldom a firm standard that is adhered to, allowing users to create files with any name they want and store it anywhere they please. The result can be files that are hard to find and slow to search across the network. READ MORE →