Cloud archive suggestions?

[RagingBITCH]

Hey guys - started with a new company this past week. Right now they don't have a central place where they manage all of their SKUs, photos, etc. There's random spreadsheets and a server with images that is not sorted in any manner. They're looking to get a single piece of software (cloud or otherwise) where they can house those images, SKUs with attributes, etc.

Anyone have any recommendations for a cloud (or software-server based) solution? Obviously not just looking for a DropBox where we can upload random files and add comments, but almost more of a database solution where we can store records (SKUs + attributes), upload images, and have multiple logins per vendor. Have the records be searchable.

Would love to hear your expertise/experience with what has worked for you. Thanks 🙂


Mel

 

[Carson Dyle]

That's all pretty vague. What business is the company in? What do you mean by "manage all of their SKUs". Manage, how? Purchasing, ordering? Vendor logins to do what?

Do you have a budget for this? $10k? $50k $100k $1M?

 

[Crono]

SharePoint Server/Access/OneDrive for Business

 

[RagingBITCH]

That's all pretty vague. What business is the company in? What do you mean by "manage all of their SKUs". Manage, how? Purchasing, ordering? Vendor logins to do what?

Do you have a budget for this? $10k? $50k $100k $1M?

Doesn't matter what business. By manage, I mean just have a record, almost like an Excel spreadsheet or Access DB. The only difference is not just having a spreadsheet or DB, but also the ability to attach images.

Ala: Login, search for SKU ABC. Pulls up data for ABC: SKU, name, attributes, and any associated images. Also have the ability for vendors to be able to login, download information.

Budget isn't a concern, or at least hasn't been specified yet. Just in the very infant stages of doing research.

 

[RagingBITCH]

SharePoint Server/Access/OneDrive for Business

Hmm...never thought about that combination. Appreciate the recommendation.

 

[DaveSimmons]

You could do this with Amazon S3 storage buckets and database, but you'd need to write a PHP or Java or whatever server front end to do uploads and manage the DB.

SharePoint was clunky when we tried it 5+ years ago, but that was probably 2-4 versions back.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I hate sharepoint more than anything in the world, but it would do what you want.

 

[nsafreak]

A more enterprise based solution would be a combination of an Oracle DB plus Agile Product Management. You would have to also take into consideration that you'd need somebody to code a java or PHP based front end for it.

 

[Carson Dyle]

You would have to also take into consideration that you'd need somebody to code a java or PHP based front end for it.

"Also"? Where the data is housed is a small fraction of the solution. The real planning, design and money spent will be in the application development. Unless there's a boxed solution for the OP's poorly defined use case.