All, Our next Research IT Reading Group topic will continue a series on Research Data Storage. Because we were unable to cover it in depth two weeks ago, we'll focus this week on Google Drive, which recently announced *unlimited* (no quota) storage for all Google Apps for Education customers, including UC Berkeley.
Discussion will include examination of issues that Google's service presents, as well as storage on Google Drive through the lens of use cases that will be described by researchers who plan to participate in the discussion. We'll also touch on the campus Box.com offering, which allows for association of custom metadata templates with stored files. *When:* Thursday, December 4 from noon - 1pm *Where:* 200C Warren Hall, 2195 Hearst St (see building access instructions below). *Event format:* The reading group is a brown bag lunch (bring your own) with a short ~20 min talk followed by ~40 min group discussion. The presentation and discussion will be facilitated by Research IT's Chris Hoffman. Bill Allison (IST - Architecture & Platform Integration) will present on the campus's Google Drive offering. *Please read/review the following in advance of the 12/04 meeting* ============================== ==> Google's announcement of unlimited storage <http://googleforeducation.blogspot.com/2014/09/announcing-drive-for-education-21st.html> for Apps for Education customers (30 Sep 2014) ==> Google Drive: Flaw Costs New Client Thousands of Dollars <http://www.skycloudit.us/cloud-based-solutions/google-drive-flaw-costs-new-client-thousands-of-dollars/> ==> Comparison tool being developed to help provide guidance about collaboration tools at Berkeley: https://kb.berkeley.edu/page.php?id=44390 *==> *Box.com metadata tutorial <https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/203518066?> ============================== *Warren Hall access: *For those who do not have keycard access to the building, please take the elevator to the second floor (stairwell door requires keycard). Before noon, let the receptionist know you're joining the Reading Group in 200C and s/he will let you in and show you the way. *After noon, look for a sign next to the receptionist window to the right as you exit the elevators. *We'll post a note with a phone number that you can call or text, and someone will come out to open the locked doors. We look forward to seeing you Thursday! ~Steve -- Steve Masover Research Information Technologies http://research-it.berkeley.edu [email protected] 510-642-8488
