You may recall my tale of woe from last year when I recounted how I was locked out of my Google account for a month. It was a tough time, made all the more frustrating because there wasn’t any customer support to contact. That is changing for Google One users though, and it’s about time. […]
View More Google finally adds consumer customer support with Google OneCategory: cloud storage
Google introduces dual-region storage buckets to simplify data redundancy
Google is playing catch-up in the cloud, and as such it wants to provide flexibility to differentiate itself from AWS and Microsoft. Today, the company announced a couple of new options to help separate it from the cloud storage pack. Storage may seem stodgy, but it’s a primary building block for many cloud applications. Before […]
View More Google introduces dual-region storage buckets to simplify data redundancyShop deals on cloud backup services that will save you major monthly fees in the long run
A new software update can wipe everything without warning. A bug or a virus can damage all your data in a snap. Your phone or computer can one day just decide to crash, and you lose your essential documents forever. And you never know, you might enco…
View More Shop deals on cloud backup services that will save you major monthly fees in the long runTalkdesk nabs $100M at more than $1B valuation for its smart call centers
Talkdesk, the provider of cloud-based contact center software, has raised $100 million in new funding from Viking Global Investors and DFJ.
View More Talkdesk nabs $100M at more than $1B valuation for its smart call centersDropbox overhauls internal search to improve speed and accuracy
Over the last several months, Dropbox has been undertaking an overhaul of its internal search engine for the first time since 2015. Today, the company announced that the new version, dubbed Nautilus, is ready for the world. The latest search tool takes advantage of a new architecture powered by machine learning to help pinpoint the exact […]
View More Dropbox overhauls internal search to improve speed and accuracyCloudflare partners with Microsoft, Google and others to reduce bandwidth costs
Say hello to the Bandwidth Alliance, a new group led by Cloudflare that promises to reduce the price of bandwidth for many cloud customers. The overall idea here is that customers who use both Cloudflare, which is turning eight years old this week, and a cloud provider that’s part of this alliance will get a […]
View More Cloudflare partners with Microsoft, Google and others to reduce bandwidth costsMicrosoft OneDrive’s on-demand files come to the MacOS Finder
If you live and work in the Microsoft Office ecosystem but often use a Mac, here is some good news: OneDrive Files On-Demand is now available in public preview for MacOS. Files-On Demand was one of the marquee features of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. The general idea here is you can store your […]
View More Microsoft OneDrive’s on-demand files come to the MacOS FinderMicrosoft wants to put your data in a box
AWS has its Snowball (and Snowmobile truck), Google Cloud has its data transfer appliance and Microsoft has its Azure Data Box. All of these are physical appliances that allow enterprises to ship lots of data to the cloud by uploading it into these machines and then shipping them to the cloud. Microsoft’s Azure Data Box […]
View More Microsoft wants to put your data in a boxWasabi just landed $68 million to upend cloud storage
Chances are you see a story about cloud storage, and you yawn and move on, but Wasabi, a startup from the folks who brought you Carbonite backup, might make you pause. That’s because they claim to have found a cheaper, faster way to store data, and apparently investors like what they are seeing, forking over […]
View More Wasabi just landed $68 million to upend cloud storageStorage provider Cloudian raises $94M
Cloudian, a company that specializes in helping businesses store petabytes of data, today announced that it has raised a $94 million Series E funding round. Investors in this round, which is one of the largest we have seen for a storage vendor, include Digital Alpha, Fidelity Eight Roads, Goldman Sachs, INCJ, JPIC (Japan Post Investment Corporation), NTT […]
View More Storage provider Cloudian raises $94MWeTransfer is getting weird…
What do you do if you’re a European startup competing against the likes of Box and Dropbox, and are looking to make a splash in international markets like the U.S.? Well, if you’re the Dutch startup WeTransfer (which raised a cool $25 million about three years ago to take the U.S. market by storm), you […]
View More WeTransfer is getting weird…Google One is more proof of commoditization of consumer cloud storage
We have long known that the price of cloud storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive have been getting cheaper over time. Yesterday’s launch of Google One in the U.S. dropped the price for Google storage even further, cutting the cost per terabyte per month in half, driving this point home even more clearly. […]
View More Google One is more proof of commoditization of consumer cloud storage