Drive for Education is Google’s “21st century backpack for students”

September 30, 2014

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The reach of Google's productivity suite is extending to students. Today, the company announced Drive for Education. It works with any Chromebook, laptop, smartphone, or tablet. Drive for Education combines ample storage space with tight security. It is labeled as the twenty-first century backpack. All Google Apps for Education customers are eligible to use Drive for Education at no cost.

Here is what Google says Drive for Education includes:

Unlimited storage: No more worrying about how much space you have left or about which user needs more gigabytes. Drive for Education supports individual files up to 5TB in size and will be available in coming weeks.
Vault: Google Apps Vault, our solution for search and discovery for compliance needs, will be coming free to all Apps for Education users by the end of the year.
Enhanced Auditing: Reporting and auditing tools and an Audit API easily let you see the activity of a file, are also on the way.

Source: Google for Education

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Born and raised in New Jersey, Justin is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University where he studied marketing with a focus on digital marketing. He's very talkative and enjoys discussing anything from technology and sports to video games and television. As for Justin's current device rotation, he carries around the Google Pixel and Nexus 9. In the rare case that his phone or tablet is not in his hand, he is either flicking through cards on his Moto 360 (2015) or typing away on the Microsoft Surface Book. Justin is patiently waiting for the day that Google replicates the Galaxy Nexus with modern day specifications.