Comments on: Google, Microsoft Storage News Falls Flat

By: The Daily Jooce » STORE WARS: Return of the In-Box

The Daily Jooce » STORE WARS: Return of the In-Box — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:51:59 +0000

[...] while the battle raged in the skies above, dispassionate observers down on earth claimed that both efforts were much ado about nothing. That the Empire’s Sky Drive was about as [...]

By: www.ubraniaroxy.pl » Blog Archive » Cloud File Services Springing Up Everywhere, But Where’s My GDrive?

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:32:40 +0000

[...] These join other startups such as Box.net and Xdrive that have been around for a while, plus the tepid efforts of Microsoft from last [...]

By: Cloud File Services Springing Up Everywhere, But Where’s My GDrive?

Cloud File Services Springing Up Everywhere, But Where’s My GDrive? — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:45:37 +0000

[...] These join other startups such as Box.net and Xdrive that have been around for a while, plus the tepid efforts of Microsoft from last [...]

By: Stocare online de la Microsoft si Google | MyKinda Tech si Gadgets

Stocare online de la Microsoft si Google | MyKinda Tech si Gadgets — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 10:57:36 +0000

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By: blog

blog — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 16:53:05 +0000

greatings…

Agree…

By: John Peterson

John Peterson — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:49:24 +0000

Online backup and storage is maturing and slowly getting the attention of the general consumer. Big players like Google and Microsoft have noticed the potential looks like they are trying a slice of the pie.

I have been reading about the online backup industry for a while now.
When it comes to online backup and storage, one website worth mentioning is the backup review site:

BackupReview.info

This very informative site, not only posts up to date news and articles from the industry, but also lists about 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis. The site also features a CEO Spotlight page, where senior management people from the industry are interviewed.

I wonder how Google’s GDrive and Microsoft’s SkyDrive will perform at this ranking site going forward.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 10:48:40 +0000

I have been an enthusiastic DriveHQ user for almost 2 years. Their service is great!

All GDrive features are long available and better on DriveHQ.com. Visit http://www.drivehq.com and watch the demo.

# Backup. DriveHQ Online Backup works great. It has a lot of high-end features, much better than GDrive, including versioning, scheduled backup, encrypted storage, compressed upload, incremental backup and resuming, etc.

# Sync. DriveHQ FileManager can sync multiple PCs, multiple user accounts.

# VPN-less access. You can access your data from anywhere using a web browser, any FTP client, or DriveHQ Cline software, or SMTP/POP3 email with Outlook!

# Collaborate. DriveHQ Group Account service is a true enterprise class collaboration platform. You can easily share folders to different people with different access rights. DriveHQ Group Account owner / admin can create/manage/delete sub-accounts.

# Disconnected access. On the plane? VPN broken? All your files are still accessible as DriveHQ FileManager can cache the data for offline access! DriveHQ even offers SMTP/POP3 emails for offline Outlook access!

DriveHQ offers basic service for free. So why the hype and why the wait? Sign up at: http://www.driv.../?refID=2925384

By: Hans Klein

Hans Klein — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:00:24 +0000

Mr. Friend is right. Google and Microsoft are not really backup services. For backup, you need something you can just forget about.

Hans Klein

By: David Friend

David Friend — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:57:18 +0000

Michael: I note in the reader comments that there is still a lot of confusion between storage and backup. I am glad you refer to GDrive and SkyDrive as “online storage” rather than backup. My company, Carbonite, is in the backup business. Backup, as serious players in this field know must be:
1) Completely automatic, set-and-forget (nobody remembers to “do” their backups)
2) Unlimited (or at least VERY large) capacity. If you are constantly running up against limits, you never know whether you’re really fully backed up, and it’s a pain. The average PC today has about 17GB of data.
3) Encrypted. Data must be encrypted BEFORE it leaves the user’s PC. Communications should always be SSL. Nobody is going to use an unencrypted service for real backup.
4) Should be REALLY simple. Backup is not like file-sharing. It just runs in the background and there is no need for a lot of features. Like an insurance policy, really.

SkyDrive, and Google’s G-drive are none of these. They are just “disk space.” Your readers should not confuse the two.

David Friend, CEO
Carbonite, Inc.

By: S

Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:44:44 +0000

I need the extra GB. I use Gmail to search my archive.

You are currently using 2813 MB (97%) of your 2888 MB

By: H-Yaman » Haftalık Haber Turu-16

H-Yaman » Haftalık Haber Turu-16 — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:08:30 +0000

[...] Microsoft yeni dosya saklama servisi Skydrive‘ı BETA olarak kullanıcıların hizmetine sundu. Yalnız BETA aşamasındayken maalesef kısıtlı yerlere hizmet veriyor. Mesela hizmet verdiği alanlarda Türkiye şu anda yer almıyor. İlerleyen günlerde bu heyecan verici servisi inşallah tanıtma fırsatı bulacağız. Işınlan-1, Işınlan-2 [...]

By: Daniel

Daniel — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:43:38 +0000

I couldn’t understand some parts of this article o.us poetry, but I guess I just need to check some more resources regarding this, because it sounds interesting.

By: Veriz

Veriz — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:15:56 +0000

Why not just use someone who provides unlimited storage. Yeah, eveone knows about Yahoo’s, but a little known fact is that AOL has had this with their free AIM Mail service, even before Yahoo.

Veriz

By: Sami

Sami — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:53:50 +0000

@James
You can store all types of documents on Omnidrive (documents/photos/videos/musics) and play them (or edit them) online, whereas the Google Storage can only accept photos and emails … Plus, you have a WebDAV access (you will see Omnidrive as a disk on your computer) which is better than having to log into Picasa to upload your images. And when Google allow you only to share your photos, it’s normal to offer the unlimited or “unmetered” storage : with Omnidrive, your photos would need to be downloaded 50,000 times in a month to reach the bandwidth limit. When you can share 2Gigabyte Videos with Omnidrive, it’s very logical to have a limit.

By: James

James — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:02:14 +0000

Michael … you are biased! “Both fell flat.” – how so?!

The Google storage is good deal compared with Omnidrive:

Google: $75 / 25 Gig / Year
Omnidrive: $99 / 25 Gig / Year

And Google has unlimited bandwidth.

By: Reb

Reb — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:54:23 +0000

My preferred offsite backup is to burn data to a DL DVD and put it into a safe deposit box.

By: Nomi

Nomi — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 06:09:44 +0000

gooogle is dominating the web

By: Igor

Igor — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:29:58 +0000

Paul, storage is C.H.E.A.P.

By: borisattva

borisattva — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:41:09 +0000

hardly any of this is new to the field of online storage.
what i was really looking forward to seeing was an automated periodic download of online content like QIF/ADPpdf’s and such from financial institutions etc. and leaving it catalogued in the webdrive for later retrieval.

this would be quite helpful being how most of those only keep the data down loadable for about 90 days from release.

By: Igor

Igor — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 22:45:44 +0000

To be frank, we were always looking up to Google with a concerned stare – what if they introduce free unlimited – but with prices like these (on Picasa)????
6.25GB ($25 per year)
25GB ($100 per year)
100GB ($300 per year)
250GB ($500 per year)
- why would someone use them and not use us (Fotki) where $30 a year gives you unlimited (Terrabytes if you wish/can) storage???
Beats me
ig

By: dc

dc — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:04:44 +0000

Google’s prices might not be great,compared to Yahoo Mail’s unlimited free storage. But even Google has better prices than omnidrive http://www.omni...e.com/products/

By: tjvm

tjvm — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:53:38 +0000

I’m glad to see Google do this; I’m probably less than a year away from filling my gmail space, and was thinking I’d have to use Google for My Domain (or whatever it’s called) to get more space.

I don’t adhere to the philosophy of, “everything I want should be given to me for free.” I’m glad to get some free email space, but I have no objection to paying for more if the price is reasonable, and this seems reasonable to me.

By: Chad Neale

Chad Neale — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:35:44 +0000

In my opinion, online storage, regardless of purpose, should be used as a BACKUP solution. Here’s why I use (and pay for) Google’s storage offering and Yahoo’s Premium Mail account:

E-Mail – I use Outlook to download a copy of all of my e-mail, but I don’t haul my laptop around everywhere I go, so web-based mail is an added convenience. I love the convenience of accessing my personal e-mail accounts through a single GMail interface; however, I prefer the structure and appropriate header information that Yahoo! Mail provides when I need to send work-related mail. Yes I’m concerned with the security issues surrounding this approach, but not enough to change my ways.

Photo Backup – I’ve trained my family on Picasa, so Picasa Web Albums makes sense for us also. Sure there are cheaper options with fancier features, but the convenience of a single interface, the lack of confusing features, and the fact that I’m constantly using the program adds up to a smart online backup choice for me.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Well I just paid for the extra 6GB, only $2 or so a month – not even pocket change! How long does it take to be activated though?

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:30:54 +0000

MediaMax offers the largest quantity of free storage (25 GB) but is questionably reliable. Mozy offers one of the slickest interfaces – but is for backup only, and unlimited clocks in at $4.95/mo. Jungle Disk and other S3 GUI’s are good but still require refinement.