The following is an excerpt from a post originally appearing on The Mac Lawyer earlier this week entitled “Dropbox is Sweeping the World, So We Integrated Rocket Matter With It”
Earlier this year at ABA Techshow, when talking to The Mac Lawyer and TechnoEsq (Finis Price) in the actual flesh, we asked, what, if any feature, would they want to see in Rocket Matter.
“Dropbox integration,” they both replied.
Dropbox, for those who are new to the platform, is the killer storage app. Here’s essentially how it works:
1) You sign up for a Dropbox account.
2) You designate a folder on your computer as a Dropbox folder.
3) Any folders inside your Dropbox folder get automatically backed up to the cloud.
4) You can connect another computer to your Dropbox. When you do so, you get a synchronized copy of all of your Dropbox files and folders.
Like any incredible idea, Dropbox is both simple yet amazingly powerful. In essence, it allows you to keep your files synchronized across machines. And since it works on both Macs and *gasp*…*sputter*…*retch* PC’s, it doesn’t matter what platform you’re on.
You can even access your Dropbox from the web or mobile devices via dedicated apps, in case you happen to be away from your normal computers (for instance, in lying on a turkey-induced coma on a relative’s house this holiday season).
Also, consider the implication of using Dropbox from a disaster recovery/business continuity perspective: your documents are not only secure on multiple machines, but they’re backed up to an offsite location in Dropbox servers, which employes Amazon S3 for storage.
Fast forward to November. Earlier this month at MILOFest, where people talked about Dropbox so much it became a running joke, we demonstrated functionality of Rocket Matter’s new Dropbox integration, which allows users to associate Dropbox folders with individual matters.
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Can anyone please explain all the fuss over Dropbox in view of SugarSync, a more flexible solution? One of the selling points for me in choosing SugarSync over Dropbox was that while it has the same basic features, it doesn’t require you to place all the folders/files you want to backup in the Dropbox folder. While is has a similar feature (“Magic Briefcase”), it also allows you to selectively sync individual folders besides the Magic Briefcase across multiple computers. Here’s how SugarSync thinks they compare: https://www.sugarsync.com/sync_comparison.html
Could you take a look at SugarSync and let us know if it would be hard to integrate it with RocketMatter as you have done with Dropbox?
Thanks Brian! Yes, from what I understand, SugarSync users are enthusiastic about that product as well. The Dropbox idea came from Finis and Ben who were users, as well as others who echoed the request. So our customers are free to request additional functionality by sending an email to featurerequests (at) rocketmatter.com, including the firm name and install ID and we will definitely take a look!
I am thrilled with this new feature! I spent yesterday morning mapping several of my matters to the respective Dropbox file as a test and was impressed how fast the sync was in place. Just one day with this additional functionality has saved time and money. Great addition!
Hey Jenny:
Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying it!
LP
From a security and Terms of Service standpoint, think again before putting clients materials on Dropbox. Its a bad idea.
http://www.securityblawg.com/2012/08/dropbox-for-lawyers.html