My brother told me recently that he wants to share documents with his workers but the word 'synchronization' gives him the shivers. For the majority of people 'synchronization' or 'sync' smell like corporate, Japanese, big time, Blackberrian language only wise teenagers or IT geeks can understand. Take it easy! It's simple, trust me. I will make your shivers go away, just continue reading. Synchronization is common in nature and everyday life - marching soldiers, dancers, synchronized watches, oarsmen. So basically the same things happen in different places at the same time. If you synchronize your computers and their files, you have the same amount of data on different machines, at the same time. If you change anything on one computer, it is also changed on another one. Why do you need this? To enhance your teamwork (common calendars, inboxes, lists of tasks, common contacts and databases) - all is done automatically and in real time. You don't have to tell your secretary and workers you are out of town on Friday - they already know it because your calendars and documents are in sync!