The Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology (SIT) released a study which looked at the security of cloud storage services including CrashPlan, Dropbox and Mozy.
The services Dropbox and Mozy have been included since they are among the most popular cloud storage providers. They received broad media coverage and may well represent the gist of how cloud storage services are seen today: Very simple to set up, convenient to use and available for free or for a low price.
Cloudster is attempting to enter the online backup market, funding their 1 TB NAS drive with cloud backup via Kickstarter.
Kickstarter is an online crowd-funding service which links entrepreneurs and donors. Individuals give towards a project, and in return receive a token of appreciation (bumper sticker, t-shirt, or something related to the project).
Cloudster is a 1 TB NAS drive, which automatically backs up the data to the cloud.
When I asked Matthew De Remer, one of the engineers behind Cloudster, where the data was to be backed up, I found out it’s being housed with LiveDrive.
The idea behind Cloudster is a good one, but really, (more…)
Google Drive launched today, but DropBox and various online backup services have nothing to worry about. Right now, it’s nothing more than an online hard drive, available for PC, Mac, and Android devices (iPhone / iPad coming soon).
In a recent email from Mozy, we noticed the following line:
Any user who signs up for a MozyHome account before April 15th will have access to this feature (Stash) free of charge.
Does this mean Mozy plans on charging an additional fee for Stash? It seems like it. But why?
Online backup consumes a lot of bandwidth initially, but then slows down. Only as files are changed or added to they get transferred. But with synchronization, like with Stash, files are transferred more often, and more than once per change. If a file in Stash is updated, not only does it get uploaded to Mozy, but then Mozy pushes it back down to all devices sync’d with that account.
While this could be the reason, it doesn’t explain how Dropbox can offer such a generous referral bonus and not go under (16 GB is a lot of free space!). Maybe Mozy needs to look into LAN Sync like SpiderOak just released.
SpiderOak has introduced LAN Sync into their online backup and sync service.
The idea behind LAN sync is that if two computers are syncing the same folder, and a file is updated, the file is transferred to SpiderOak, but then the copy to the secondary computer is transferred via the Local Area Network, instead of the Internet. This saves on Internet traffic on the network.
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Mozy has announced a new pricing model for MozyPro, their business service for online backup.
Previous pricing was per license, plus GB. Licenses are $3.95 / month / desktop, and $6.95 / month / server. Each GB of storage costs $0.50 / month.
Now, MozyPro administrators purchase a bundle of backup space, and can distribute the space between unlimited users. If servers need to be backed up, a Server Pass
is added onto the desktop backup price. (more…)
Dropbox has doubled the amount of free space users receive when referring their friends. Free users can refer up to 32 friends, each earning the account holder 500 MB each time, for a total of 16 GB of free online sync & sharing.
Pro accounts earn 1 GB per referral, for up to 32 GB of free space.
You can refer others via e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, or any other means by sharing your unique referral link, which gives them 2 GB to start with (and you a bonus 500 MB).
Read our full Dropbox review, signup, then invite your friends!
SugarSync has released version 3.0 of their app for iPads. The new version increases productivity, allowing you to do more on a single screen.
Upon logging in, you’ll see your devices listed along the left-hand side, and icons to quickly backup photos or videos from your iPad. Using familiar gestures, you can drag, swipe, and half-swipe to navigate through the app.
Read our SugarSync review for more on this online backup & sync service.
Microsoft has released an online backup service for Windows Server “8″ with 10GB free cloud storage. Applications for the beta program are now open.
The Microsoft Online Backup Service is a cloud based backup solution for Windows Server
8which allows files and folders to be backed up and recovered from the cloud in order to provide off-site protection against data loss due to disasters.
Here we go again… rumors of the Google Drive (or GDrive) and Google online backup have been around since 2006. Now GigaOM is reporting the Google Drive is coming this April.
Since this is a rumor, and the only thing Google is saying is that they’re not saying anything, we doubt the authenticity of this newest piece of gossip. What caught our attention, however, are some of the details GigaOM posted about this rumor:
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