Comments on: Why online backup will never be free http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:11:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Matt K. Olson http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-834662 Matt K. Olson Sun, 23 Nov 2008 05:33:18 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-834662 Listen up Xdrive Consumers....! XDMOlson is going to hook you all up with the easiest way to transfer your Xdrive digital assets to another provider. I know there are a lot of other providers out there, check out my previous post about the Ultimate Review List of Best Free Online Storage and Backup Application Services... http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services/ However XDMOlson is going to recommend selecting ElephantDrive for current Xdrive consumers. They have worked out an agreement with Xdrive to make transferring those digital assets over as easy as possible. Xdrive to ElephantDrive Migration Page: http://www.elephantdrive.com/m/ct.aspx?ici=267 -XDMOlson Listen up Xdrive Consumers….! XDMOlson is going to hook you all up with the easiest way to transfer your Xdrive digital assets to another provider.

I know there are a lot of other providers out there, check out my previous post about the Ultimate Review List of Best Free Online Storage and Backup Application Services…

http://tomuse.com/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services/

However XDMOlson is going to recommend selecting ElephantDrive for current Xdrive consumers. They have worked out an agreement with Xdrive to make transferring those digital assets over as easy as possible.

Xdrive to ElephantDrive Migration Page: http://www.elephantdrive.com/m/ct.aspx?ici=267

-XDMOlson

]]> By: Kevin http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-828491 Kevin Mon, 15 Sep 2008 08:59:45 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-828491 Terence, I think we will always see a freemium model for online backup services. There are just too many competitors and offering some type of free account works great to get users hooked if you offer an irresistible service. Send me an email when you launch Xackup. I recently reviewed 37 different online storage and backup services and included a comparison excel spreadsheet in which you can filter and sort them according to features, benefits, and pricing. You can find it here: http://tomuse.com/2008/09/01/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services I'll add Xackup to my review and comparison spreadsheet after I get a good look at it. Terence,
I think we will always see a freemium model for online backup services. There are just too many competitors and offering some type of free account works great to get users hooked if you offer an irresistible service.

Send me an email when you launch Xackup. I recently reviewed 37 different online storage and backup services and included a comparison excel spreadsheet in which you can filter and sort them according to features, benefits, and pricing. You can find it here:
http://tomuse.com/2008/09/01/ultimate-review-list-of-best-free-online-storage-and-backup-application-services

I’ll add Xackup to my review and comparison spreadsheet after I get a good look at it.

]]> By: nBackup guy http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-799129 nBackup guy Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:10:05 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-799129 I agree. Backup requires too many resources, and disk space to be given away for free. Our nBackup software has a built in banner ad area that can be enabled. This will allow some revenue, but not enough to pay for the 5 GBs of space the user will take up. I agree. Backup requires too many resources, and disk space to be given away for free. Our nBackup software has a built in banner ad area that can be enabled. This will allow some revenue, but not enough to pay for the 5 GBs of space the user will take up.

]]> By: peter canavan http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-795819 peter canavan Wed, 20 Feb 2008 00:28:31 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-795819 http://www.backupanytime.com Its' not free. This is professional online backup with full manual sign off on confidentiality and actual data backup as against mirror only which is the cheap to free add revenue based model. We do not use Ahsay and we do not use non Euro data centres outside of individual client specific request. http://www.backupanytime.com
Its’ not free. This is professional online backup with full manual sign off on confidentiality and actual data backup as against mirror only which is the cheap to free add revenue based model. We do not use Ahsay and we do not use non Euro data centres outside of individual client specific request.

]]> By: links for 2007-08-15 - .:|randgaenge|:. http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-436088 links for 2007-08-15 - .:|randgaenge|:. Wed, 15 Aug 2007 08:21:50 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-436088 [...] Why online backup will never be free (tags: storage online) [...] [...] Why online backup will never be free (tags: storage online) [...]

]]> By: VentureBeat » Fabrik raises $24.9M more for file storage and sharing http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-401524 VentureBeat » Fabrik raises $24.9M more for file storage and sharing Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:28:46 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-401524 [...] As noted before, Fabrik competes in an increasingly crowded market, though their website reveals an effort to create a youthful brand (compare their site, for example, to YouSendIt, Box.net, and Omnidrive). Fabrik is now going after the consumer market, even as players like YouSendIt are going the other way, targeting professionals. Other related players include SoonR, Avvenu (see coverage here), and still more are listed here in Terence Pua’s piece about why storage will never quite be free. [...] [...] As noted before, Fabrik competes in an increasingly crowded market, though their website reveals an effort to create a youthful brand (compare their site, for example, to YouSendIt, Box.net, and Omnidrive). Fabrik is now going after the consumer market, even as players like YouSendIt are going the other way, targeting professionals. Other related players include SoonR, Avvenu (see coverage here), and still more are listed here in Terence Pua’s piece about why storage will never quite be free. [...]

]]> By: lrainy http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-201489 lrainy Mon, 28 May 2007 19:50:28 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-201489 Another backup online service Another backup online service

]]> By: Despite dismal record, merger fever rages — WPP to buy 24/7 Real Media »Technology News | Venture Capital, Startups, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0 Tech http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-156592 Despite dismal record, merger fever rages — WPP to buy 24/7 Real Media »Technology News | Venture Capital, Startups, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0 Tech Fri, 18 May 2007 01:26:36 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-156592 [...] As noted before, Fabrik competes in an increasingly crowded market, though their website reveals an effort to create a youthful brand (compare their site, for example, to YouSendIt, Box.net, and Omnidrive). Fabrik is now going after the consumer market, even as players like YouSendIt are going the other way, targeting professionals. Other related players include SoonR, Avvenu (see coverage here), and still more are listed here in Terence Pua’s piece about why storage will never quite be free. [...] [...] As noted before, Fabrik competes in an increasingly crowded market, though their website reveals an effort to create a youthful brand (compare their site, for example, to YouSendIt, Box.net, and Omnidrive). Fabrik is now going after the consumer market, even as players like YouSendIt are going the other way, targeting professionals. Other related players include SoonR, Avvenu (see coverage here), and still more are listed here in Terence Pua’s piece about why storage will never quite be free. [...]

]]> By: John Doe http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-17523 John Doe Mon, 12 Mar 2007 18:11:06 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-17523 Terence: I remember when companies started offering free email, people stated they could never support a sustaining model to pay the upkeep of free email. Then as time passed, Google came along and offered a stream of free services that has help make them number one. I also see AOL pushing fast into this market of free service. They have email, aim, storage, and soon companies will be offering free faxing or text messaging just to keep up with the edge. More importantly, the fact that you can use simple add-ons to convert your gmail email to storage facility is another argument. Terence:

I remember when companies started offering free email, people stated they could never support a sustaining model to pay the upkeep of free email. Then as time passed, Google came along and offered a stream of free services that has help make them number one.

I also see AOL pushing fast into this market of free service. They have email, aim, storage, and soon companies will be offering free faxing or text messaging just to keep up with the edge.

More importantly, the fact that you can use simple add-ons to convert your gmail email to storage facility is another argument.

]]> By: Nik Cubrilovic http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-17441 Nik Cubrilovic Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:49:15 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-17441 Terence: doubt it. we do something similar, we will someday publish a whitepaper about it Terence: doubt it. we do something similar, we will someday publish a whitepaper about it

]]> By: Terence Pua http://venturebeat.com/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/comment-page-1/#comment-17426 Terence Pua Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:41:04 +0000 http://www.venturebeat.com/contributors/2007/02/12/why-online-backup-will-never-be-free/#comment-17426 Does anyone know if Amazon S3 is using venti hashing (or other backup providers)? Does anyone know if Amazon S3 is using venti hashing (or other backup providers)?

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