SkyDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and SugarSync have the same feature that got Megaupload shut down, and users still have reason to distrust providers
No matter how you slice it, there's only a finite number of people and companies that will put their data in the public cloud, but that hasn't stopped the competition -- for a free service, no less! -- from turning cutthroat. But the market could be in trouble if the same standards that brought down Megaupload are applied or if providers continue to abuse users' trust.
Over the past few days, two industry heavyweights have tossed their hats in the online storage ring. Microsoft's SkyDrive came first, with 7GB of free storage, tight integration with Office Web Apps, and promised (but not yet delivered) Windows 8 Metro support. The next day, Google announced its long-anticipated Google Drive, improving upon Google Docs with 5GB of free storage and tight integration with Google Apps.
Microsoft and Google, by blessing and massively publicizing the concept, will certainly convert some hesitant users and businesses to the public cloud storage faith, but they'll hardly have the field to themselves. Pick your favorite online storage approach -- iCloud, SkyDrive, Google Drive, Cloud Drive (from Amazon), Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, SpiderOak -- and you can find at least three online reviews right now that will agree with your choice. I guess that's what makes a horse race.
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Source: infoworld.com
By: Woody Leonhard
1 comment:
Nice Post! One of the main reasons that people think a public cloud will be more secure than a private cloud is that the company offering the service is going to want to keep the public cloud safe, since there are so many people who use it.
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