Google is revamping its consumer storage plans today by adding a new $2.99/month tier for 200 GB of storage and dropping the price of its 2 TB plan from $19.99/month to $9.99/month (and dropping the $9.99/month 1 TB plan). It’s also rebranding these storage plans (but not Google Drive itself) as ‘Google One.’ Going forward, […]
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AWS launches a cheaper single-zone version of its S3 storage service
AWS’ S3 storage service today launched a cheaper option for keeping data in the cloud — as long as developers are willing to give up a few 9s of availability in return for saving up to 20 percent compared to the standard S3 price for applications that need infrequent access. The name for this new […]
View More AWS launches a cheaper single-zone version of its S3 storage serviceBackblaze partners with Packet and Server Central to better challenge the big clouds
Backblaze made its name as a cloud-based storage backup provider (and using lots of hard drives in the process) for individuals and businesses. With B2, however, the company also launched a file-centric cloud storage service for developers in 2015 that aims to challenge similar offerings from AWS and Azure on price. Since Backblaze doesn’t offer […]
View More Backblaze partners with Packet and Server Central to better challenge the big cloudsActivist investors Elliott snag 10.3 percent stake in Commvault
Elliott Management, an investment firm long known for its activist streak, set it sights on Commvault today, purchasing a 10.3 percent stake and nominating four Elliott-friendly members to the company’s board of directors. It likely means that Elliott is ready to push the company to change direction and cut costs, if it sticks to its […]
View More Activist investors Elliott snag 10.3 percent stake in CommvaultDropbox and Box were never competitors
As Dropbox had its IPO moment this morning, more than 10 years after launching, we can finally put one myth to rest. Dropbox and Box were never targeting the same customers. As Anshu Sharma, founder at Prekari, a stealth startup and former partner at Storm Venture tweeted earlier today: If you are a VC and […]
View More Dropbox and Box were never competitorsSynology’s C2 backup services goes live to users worldwide
If you know about Synology, chances are you know about its network attaches storage (NAS) hardware. Over the course of the last few years, the company made a name for itself as one of the premiere NAS providers for consumers and small businesses who want to make local backups of their data or make it […]
View More Synology’s C2 backup services goes live to users worldwideWorld’s largest SSD has a whopping 100TB of storage
Think your 1TB, or 5TB, or even 30TB solid-state drive can store a lifetime of documents, music, movies and games? Think again.
Nimbus Data has now shattered the previous 60TB 3.5-inch SSD drive record with the world’s first 100 terabyte drive. Holy …
Former Docker CEO Ben Golub joins Storj as Executive Chairman and interim CEO
Last May, Docker CEO Ben Golub stepped down after four years at the helm of the containerization pioneer. We didn’t hear all that much from him since, but today, the distributed object storage service Storj Labs announced that Golub will join its team as interim CEO and Executive Chairman. There is obviously no dearth of object storage services, but Storj Labs is taking a somewhat… Read More
Former Docker CEO Ben Golub joins Storj as Executive Chairman and interim CEO
Last May, Docker CEO Ben Golub stepped down after four years at the helm of the containerization pioneer. We didn’t hear all that much from him since, but today, the distributed object storage service Storj Labs announced that Golub will join its team as interim CEO and Executive Chairman. There is obviously no dearth of object storage services, but Storj Labs is taking a somewhat… Read More
Dropbox announces deeper integration with Salesforce ahead of IPO
Dropbox is not messing around. Two weeks ago it announced its IPO. Just last week it announced a big partnership with Google and today comes news that it is integrating more deeply with Salesforce. Dropbox and Salesforce have danced a bit in the past as cloud companies tend to do, but today’s announcement is a bit broader. It involves having Dropbox folders embedded in Salesforce… Read More
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View More Cloud storage may not be the sexiest purchase, but this is one of the best deals you’ll findA brief history of Dropbox
Dropbox first appeared on the startup scene with its debut at Y Combinator Demo Day way back in the summer of 2007. Since then, the company has grown to hundreds of millions of users and to a value of more than $10 billion dollars — putting it in a cherry position for a much-anticipated initial […]
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