There are many clouds services available, some free while others charge you for the storage space. Some options you have are Dropbox, Google Docs, or even a personal FTP server. You will typically choose one and move on or use them all, some more effectively than others. This is the problem that Otixo, a new web appp, is trying to solve.

If you are Windows user, you can even mount your Otixo account as a network drive and manage all your accounts and files from your desktop. Before going further, first you need to sign-up for Otixo and connect your cloud services using its web application. Once you do that, follow these step-by-step instructions to setup the network drive:
Setup Otixo Network Drive
Open My Computer and from the toolbar, select “Map Network Drive”.
A Dialog will appear. In that select a free drive letter you want to assign to the network drive. Then in the “Folder:” field, enter “https://app.otixo.com/webdav”. You can also optionally ask it connect every time you logon.

Map Network Drive to Otixo Account
Press the “Finish” button and a new dialog should appear.
Otixo Login
Enter your Otixo username and password, and press the “OK” button.
That’s it. You should see a new drive named “app.otixo.com” in “My Computer” under “Network Location.”
You can now open, edit, copy-paste, upload and delete your files in the cloud services just like your other files and folders on your computer. Each service is accessible as a folder in the drive. Whenever you add or remove any service on Otixo web app, the changes are instantly seen on your computer.
Very handy indeed. The only drawback I see thus far is a limited range of services offered,but since this is still a public beta we can expect to see other services in future. I personally would like to see support for Microsoft SkyDrive, or photo sharing website Picasa.
Otixo is a free service and you can sign up for it at the link below.
Visit: Otixo
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