nivio launches app to access MS Office files on Google Drive

Cloud computing company nivio today announced the launch of 'nivio for Google Drive app', an application that will allow users to access files stored on Google's cloud storage through any connected device.

"The application allows users to open and edit Microsoft Office files in their Google Drive with full access to Microsoft Office 2010 applications in any HTML5 browser, on any connected device," Sachin Dev Duggal, Founder and Chief Wizard at nivio told reporters.

Google Drive is the newly launched cloud storage service by the global search giant.

nivio sees huge scope for cloud computing services in the country and would be mainly targeting students and SMEs for their services.

"India is important to us because not only a large portion on technology is developed here but also we believe that in medium-term, India will be a big cloud consumption market," he said.

On the company's hiring plans, Duggal said: "We are about 90 people here right now and I think we would probably grow to 130-140 in the next year."