• sciebo is a free non-profit cloud service for research and teaching.
• Data are stored and processed exclusively at three locations in North Rhine-Westphalia including Münster, Bonn and Duisburg-Essen). This means that data are subject to the strict level of protection provided by German data protection laws.
• With sciebo, users can synchronize files between end devices automatically.
• Access to files can also be granted by sharing links.
• sciebo can be used via a client or through the web interface.
• The service is jointly operated by 22 universities in NRW and funded by the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia.
• You can register on sciebo with a personal account or student account. Guest accounts cannot register on sciebo.

Functions

• Synchronization: Files can be synchronized automatically across end devices (such as laptops, smart phones and tablets) using the client. Users can also access the files via a web browser from anywhere. 
  Example: synchronizing selected files between an office PC and a laptop at home.
• Sharing files: With sciebo, files and folders can be shared with other employees at the University of Cologne and external users. If authorized, external users can even upload files to a shared folder. A password and expiry date can be set for each share.
  Example: sharing files between an institute and external organization in a project. See http://www.sciebo.de/anleitung/teilen.html for information on sharing.