The Daily App: CloudNote For Android

Smart devices are not given enough credit for the emerging role they are playing in the IT world: the role of data-creation devices.

Between text notes, photos, video and other files, smartphones and tablets are at the very beginning of an era where the volume of data that they create will surge beyond all comprehension. On an individual client basis, the collection and storage of data collected on the fly will become an issue needing to be addressed.

Software developer AHG has begun to address this in a straightforward way, with an Android app called CloudNote. This app is very simple: take a photograph or a video with an Android device, or write a text note, and you can upload that file into your own cloud account straight from the device. Though other apps like EverNote already provide this functionality, CloudNote allows for customization to save data to your own specified cloud service – including one with your own domain.

We used a demo version of the CloudNote app on a Motorola Droid X with a Verizon 3G connection, and found it quickly and efficiently moved the data from the device to the cloud. There was no noticeable latency when we tried it, although mileage may vary depending on bandwidth and service.

More than just an app, CloudNote is an enterprise IT solution. For $395, you can integrate CloudNote with your own network using Apache Tomcat and MySQL, or use CloudNote’s network for $395 plus $50 per month for baseline storage that can scale up.