We use basecamp for our group/ collaborative proposals. I love it.

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Robin,

Interesting timing!  We’ve been happy using Dropbox for our shared proposal development platform for several years now.  However, we’d been hearing rumblings from our College about security issues for the past year and now they are getting serious!  We’ve being told to NOT use Dropbox. A version of SharePoint “on steroids” has been made available to the entire campus.  I’m just beginning the transition, but so far I’m a believer.

The security concerns with Dropbox are basically that we don’t know exactly where the computer is that stores our data.  It’s completely possible that is could be outside of the USA and that opens us up to Export Control issues.

Here’s an interesting summary, “Cloud Security and Your Data.”
http://blink.ucsd.edu/technology/security/cloud-security.html

Only using Dropbox for my personal, but not too personal files now…
Diane

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Iowa State University
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Subject: [RESADM-L] Shared editing/Document Management

What systems do you use when working with a group and doing shared editing on a proposal?

My predecessor used Blackboard which I flat out refuse to even try. I hated Blackboard as a student, and I can't imagine using it as a document management system. I love DropBox and have used it for years, but we're had major issues with people not understanding basic file management procedures and overwriting each other's files. Faculty are shying away from GoogleDocs due to concerns over the new privacy policy. We do not have a Sharepoint service.

Any other options out there?

Thanks, Robin

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