Item: Apple iCloud
Rating: 9
Author: Jowita Nowicka

Overall Satisfaction with Apple iCloud

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

In my organization, we have flexibility to work from different locations. We have many employees working from home. Employees have their individual accounts. They have their own storage where they can keep documents for their projects.

Pros and Cons

Pros

Made it easier to work from home
Modest price
Being able to access documents and contacts across any device

Cons

Can be be slow
No purely business version created
For Apple Users (not the best tool for Windows Users)

Return on Investment

Increased efficiency
Makes doing business faster
Cut down on risk (by having the backup of the files, projects created)

Alternatives Considered

Dropbox

Good price for Dropbox, which currently offers 1 TeraByte (TB) for $10 a month. The cons of Dropbox is that the folders cannot be uploaded directly via the Web ap. When it comes to Apple iCloud, I definitely prefer the easy to use interface over Dropbox.

Other Software Used

Dropbox

Likelihood to Recommend

It works great if you are an Apple devices user. In our company, developers who are working on Macs, are finding it really useful. When it comes to Windows users, probably, there are better cloud storages.

Apple iCloud Feature Ratings

Using Apple iCloud

Usability

Its a good tool, which still needs some development.
I think icloud should work on making it easier to share the files between all devices, not only 'Apple universe'.
There are a lot competitors on the market at the moment, like Dropbox, Google Drive, or OwnDrive, which offers more options at the moment, so i hope Apple will take it into consideration.

Usability Pros and Cons

Pros	Cons
Like to use Relatively simple Easy to use Technical support not required Well integrated Consistent Quick to learn Convenient Familiar	None

Easy to use, with smooth file syncing, but still not the best storage for business use