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BoxCloud - an interesting way to share large files

While reading about JXTA, the Sun framework for building P2P networks, I came across BoxCloud, from WiredReach out of Austin, TX. They've created a nice little P2P application that lets you share folders. Using an interface much like Skype, you can add a little helper app to your desktop and drag and drop files out of your shared folders. Through the magic of JXTA, all those that you've elected to share that folder with are automagically notified of the change. The interface is a lot more intuitive than a 1970s style ftp client, but not for everyone. Most tech savvy folks' task bars are already full to overflowing. It would be nice if they were able to extend another application like Skype or Trillian instead of building a parallel network.

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Prior to joining RAD, Max was Senior Vice President of Maptuit Corporation, a provider of location-based web services. Before co-founding Maptuit, Max was a management consultant and launched, amongst others, Canada’s largest online retailer, Indigo Books & Music.

Earlier in his career, Max led a number of successful engineering teams. As a principal of dotSoftware, his team aided in the creation of 724 Solutions’ wireless banking services. As Vice President of Product Development for Visible Decisions, he led the creation of three generations of visualization systems and worked on many financial services and national defense projects.

Max began his career in the Strategic Research group of Alias Research. Max has a MSc in Computer Science from the University of Guelph.

Max enjoys being outdoors as often as possible and counts diving, trekking, kayaking, and motorcycling amongst his favored ways of exploring the planet.

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