When ingesting content through Curator Connect, the media from your local machine/storage device will be copied into whichever storage destination you choose during the import process (e.g. the Cloud, or your company server(s) and then ingested into Curator with the metadata you provided. Curator will then get to work automatically creating the 2% proxy copies of your assets.
You can view the progress of your uploads within Curator Connect using the My Assets tab.
You (and your team members) will be able to find the new assets, even without access to the central storage, from anywhere in the world through Curator Clip Link, Curator Logger, and the Curator for Adobe Panel.