SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SYNCHRONIZING DATA OBJECTS IN A CLOUD BASED SOCIAL NETWORKING ENVIRONMENT

Methods and systems are provided for synchronizing and sharing data objects. The method includes configuring a set of permissions, within a collaboration site, to define a sharing configuration to allow sharing of a set of data objects between a group of computing devices comprising a first computing device and second computing devices; updating a data object at the first computing device; receiving an updated data object at the collaboration site from a sync client of the first computing device in response to saving the updated data object; automatically synchronizing the updated data object at the collaboration site; and automatically pushing the updated data object from the collaboration site to the second computing devices to share the updated data object in accordance with the sharing configuration.