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What’s Next for Mozy, Box, and Minus
What’s Next for Mozy Stash? Not only does Mozy want to protect and preserve your files, but they want to make sure you always have access to your data. Mozy Stash is the answer to reaching that promise. Mozy has shared some of the new features being planned during the Mozy Stash beta period: Web Access – This current feature …
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Online Storage News for Backblaze, MiMedia, and Box.net
Backblaze Restores USB Drives Backblaze restored 600 million files in 2011. Majority of those were via USB hard drives and not DVDs. With this report, Backblaze has announced that they are no longer restoring DVDs and replacing their restorations with USB flash drives. With the View/Restore File options, users can download using the Zip File, the USB Flash Key (up …
Carbonite, 4Sync, Acronis Awards
Carbonite Earns PTPA Seal of Approval Parent Test Parent Approval, also known as PTPA Media, aims to appraise and promote products and companies that enhance families and family living. Carbonite has blogged that PTPA has given their company the prestigious seal of approval. Independent volunteers evaluate hundreds of products in their own homes and the PTPA chooses their winners based …
Cisco Creates its Own Cloud Division
In a nod to the rapidly expanding demand for premium cloud based services, networking giant Cisco has created a special cloud department tasked with achieving a share of the cloud computing market. Cisco’s Chief Information Officer, Rebecca Jacoby, was chosen to head the new division and will bring her experience managing Cisco’s internal IT operations to bear on expanding Cisco’s …
Online Storage News: SugarSync Integrated With Samsung Smart TV
SugarSync Now Integrated Into Samsung Smart TV Your Smart TV and Cloud service have evolved into one. SugarSync users now have the option to access their Cloud information (from their multiple laptop and desktop computers, tablets and smartphones) directly from their Smart TV. SugarSync, the first Cloud service to be incorporated with a Smart TV, has partnered with Samsung. SugarSync’s …
Apple is Seeking Top Talent for Cloud Strategy
Determined to keep pace with an increasingly long list of major competitors like Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Cisco, Apple has been making its own push into the world of cloud-based services with the introduction of iCloud and iMatch. These services allow Apple users to sync multiple devices across a personal network, giving them anywhere-anytime access to their music files, media …
Search for Files Across Devices with Wyse PocketCloud Explore.
It’s fifteen minutes till three and you’re biting your nails. You’re doing a presentation for an important client in twenty minutes. You’ve got everything ready to go, except….where’s that dang file with the sales stats for the last six months on it? You stored it on your smartphone, the same one that you left sitting on your desk this morning. …
Adapting an IT Infrastructure Strategy in a Cloud-Based World
Cloud computing technology has proven itself time and again to be a powerful force for improving the quality of enterprise level communications, reducing the overall cost of network ownership, and increasing the availability of virtual resources. Meanwhile, modern cloud products resolve common sticking points of older technologies, such as scalability and system management, to deliver a much more efficient and …
Online Storage News: iDrive Launches Universal Backup
Universal Online Backup with IDrive IDrive has announced their latest update to their Windows, Mac and mobile apps. This update allows customers to protect and access their files from a number of computers and mobile devices while only having one plan. This new update comes along just after IDrive made the transition to EVS, their new cloud technology. The company’s …
WPTimeMachine Lets You Back Up WordPress Files to the Cloud
If you have a blog or website, chances are you’re a WordPress user. If not, then it’s time for you to come onboard. Launched in 2003 as a way to help bloggers organize their files, WordPress is now perhaps the most popular utility software in the world. It’s users include giant corporations, major universities and Hollywood celebrities, as well as …
Lead Online Storage News Update for 01/16/12: KeepVault Now Part Of AuthenTec
Makers of KeepVault Joins AuthenTec AuthenTec announces that Proxure, the makers of KeepVault.com Online Backup, will join their team to enhance security offerings for their consumers. The Proxure team (including KeepVault, KeepVault Pro and KeepSync) will unite with AuthenTec’s mobile and network security portfolio. According to KeepVault’s latest blog, the integration of the two companies will be smooth and uninterrupted …
New Cloud Service is Ideal for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
One of the barriers preventing the widespread adoption of online-based data storage and applications has been the lack of a workable model that would appeal to most small and medium sized businesses (SMBs). That has begun to change, however, with the release of a hosting solution offered by Sunnyvale, CA based IT firm 8×8 (NASDAQ:EGHT). Its Windows Cloud Server package …
Moving to the Cloud Can Be a Step-at-a-Time Process, Says Company President
Despite strong evidence to the contrary, recent surveys show that many CEOs are still skeptical of the cloud’s potential to reduce their operating budgets, while simultaneously boosting their company’s ability to manage its data. However, recent studies completed by IT consulting firm Jexet Technologies (www.jexet.com) provide powerful proof that the advantages of moving to online data storage and applications are …
Online Storage News: SugarSync Removes File Size Limit; Box.net Updates Android App
SugarSync Sets Public Links Free SugarSync announces they now have a better system to prevent abuse and they have removed the size limit when sending public links and files. As of today, there are NO size limits when sending public links and files through the web. There was a 25 MB size limit per file for users with free SugarSync …
Online Storage News: MyPCBackup, Iomega, and 4Shared Updates/Announcements
Updated Mac Version for MyPCBackup MyPCBackup has released a new version for Mac users. These new features and fixes include: Multi-language support for all non ASC II characters. Memory usage problem fix File and data count improvements Backup speed has been increased GUI improvements Installation problems fixed Read our MyPCBackup Review for more information about this online storage company. Iomega …
New Data Security Threats to Look Out For in 2012
Data security firm WatchGuard Technologies recently released their top ten security predictions for 2012. It is, to put it mildly, disturbing. As malware becomes more sophisticated, guarding against cyber-attacks will become increasingly challenging during the next twelve months. This will put even greater pressure on cloud-based service providers to ensure the safety of their client’s information. Here’s a look at …
SugarSync Launches New Features For Android and Apple Devices
SugarSync Announces AutoSync for Android Users SugarSync introduces a new release for the Android app that allows AutoSync technology to mobile videos. Now, photos AND videos can be automatically synced, including mobile videos. This makes syncing your videos from your Android device to your computer convenient and stress-free. After installing the app, SugarSync (read our SugarSync Review) will detect the …
Why Entrepreneurs Have the Most to Gain from Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is often thought of as a tool that only giant corporations can take advantage of. Businesses that host thousands of terabytes of data and serve web applications to millions of users per day are migrating to the cloud to harness more efficient computing resources on a massive scale. The endless scalability of cloud based networks holds obvious appeal …
Red Hat’s OpenShift Lightens the Load for Developers
When it comes to porting your hand-written applications and customized programs to the cloud, there are a number of thorny issues you’re likely to encounter. How will this program scale as its user base grows? How will I select and maintain sufficient databases and application servers to ensure smooth performance? Red Hat has developed a solution that allows developers to …
Voltage Secure Cloud Email – Protecting Your Online Communication
Voltage’s Secure e-mail cloud is an advanced business communications service that allows users to exchange sensitive e-mails and documents securely, thanks to a powerful encryption system. Capable of integrating with commonly used mail clients and word processors like Outlook and Microsoft Office 2007, Voltage SecureMail is designed to encrypt files in a single step. Users can either secure their documents …
Carbonite Releases Expanded Business File Restore Capabilities
Carbonite Business has a new user interface and has expanded its file restore capabilities by adding three new features. These innovative features include: 1.Consumers now have more flexibility and are able to select multiple files and folders and view them on just one screen. This process also allows consumers to select critical files they want to restore and get status …
12/30/11: Online Storage News
4shared Releases Advanced Mobile for Android The new 4shared Mobile for Android v.1.0.15 is now improved and more convenient to use. 4shared Mobile has upgraded features and added new apps for your Android smartphones and tablets including: Users can now search for music from 4shared’s Direct Music streaming without having to download the file in advance. The “Settings” window has …
Cloud Traffic Will Grow 1200% by 2015, According to Report from Cisco
In about three years, the amount of annual traffic in cloud computing networks will equal 1.6 zettabytes. A single zettabyte is the same amount of data contained in a trillion gigabytes, or 22 trillion hours of streaming music. It’s more information than there is in 1.5 trillion hours of high-definition video watching. By 2015, cloud-based data transactions will equal 33% …
Online Storage News Update for 12/28/11
Dropbox 2.0 Goes Live for Android Market The latest Dropbox 2.0 version now features what many Dropbox users have being waiting for. This new anticipated app has finally arrived in the Android Market with many innovative changes. The recently updated and redesigned app includes these new features: -Users now have quick access to files offline, also known as “favorites” -Photos …
Weak Passwords are Still the Number One Cause of Data Loss
In August of this year, network administrators across the globe began to notice unusual activity occurring in remote desktop protocol (RDP) ports.RDP is a utility set up by Microsoft that allows its users to access PCs at a distance. It’s commonly employed by support technicians to diagnose computer issues without having to actually be on site. In this case, however, …
New Software Offers Online Storage Features Tailored to Enterprises
Anoosmar Technologies of India recently announced the release of their flagship product, Vaultize. Formally launched at an IT trade show in September, it’s the first software designed from the ground up to serve the online storage needs of organizations with enterprise-level SLAs, features and returns on investment. It’s also infinitely scalable, through its interface known as “Group Sync.” This makes …
New App Lets Users Burn CDs from Cloud Files
App creator Ashampoo has released a utility that allows users to create CDs directly from files stored online. Entitled Burning Studio 11, it provides simple, intuitive controls for sending files directly from your Facebook, Dropbox, Picasa and Flickr accounts to a disk. The service works through a custom dialog that gives you direct access to your cloud-based accounts, through a …
