What is Sissle?

Sissle works in conjunction with the Amazon S3 cloud storage system. Sissle provides the PC client software for cloud storage and Amazon S3 provides the hardware component and server software.

What is S3?

S3 stands for Simple Storage Service.

What does it comprise of?

Sissle is a suite of programs each designed for specific functions.
Sissle, the original application,  provides management of your S3  folders and files and is optimised for bulk transfers.
SissleNSE provides similar functions but is part of Windows Explorer primarily to utilise the well known GUI interface.
Sissle Driver allows other applications e.g. Word ( MS Office or Open Office) to operate directly on a word document on Amazon S3, typically editing, and then storing the file directly to Amazon S3.

How much does it cost?

Sissle is purchased with a one off payment 29.99 Euros.
There is a 14 day free trial period.

Advantages

• secure backup
• extra disk storage, private or shared.
• your own web sites.

Secure Backup

Backup begins with burning your own DVDs or using external disks, but must now include protection against fire and theft, damage to DVDs or disks.  A modern technique is to upload your files to the cloud where they will be stored on multiple servers, see 'S3 Architecture' for more details.

Extra disk storage

The Amazon S3 system effectively provides an infinite disk. This allows you to store and synchronize your documents, photographs and movies. The files are by default private, however you can make these files available only to family or colleagues or even public to the world.

Your own web sites

It is ideal for simple cheap web sites, see 'Simple Web Site' page for more details.