HP and Yahoo Shut Down Their Online Storage Offerings

The (ever-)imminent launch of GDrive has already claimed two more major competitors in HP and Yahoo.
Yahoo are closing their Briefcase service which really was a forerunner in this area, and was certainly the first online storage service I ever used although I must admit, I had totally forgotten about it years ago.
HP launched Upline last [...]

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My Personal Offline Backup System For The Mac

In researching GDrive alternatives, I have tried several services for backing up important files on my MacBook Pro and I thought I would share my set up with you.
Now I will start by saying that it is a system that has only been in place for a couple of days but it seems to be [...]

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Symantec Looks To Head Off GDrive Launch With Online Storage Product

Next in the ring comes Symantec.
Symantec already offers a business online storage product called the Symantec Protection Network but the imminent (!?) launch of GDrive has prompted them to prepare a consumer product for launch.
It is not yet known whether this will be a stand alone product or be used to augment the offering of [...]

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IBM Enters The Arena With Blue Cloud

IBM announced further plans for their own cloud computing platform, codenamed Blue Cloud.
Erich Clementi, responsible for Blue Cloud, said :
“Cloud computing leverages many of IBM’s core strength … and gives clients the opportunity to leverage cloud computing’s considerable cost advantages, while maintaining the highest levels of integrity, responsibility and control.”
With IBM and Adobe joining the [...]

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GDrive Alternatives – Suggestions From seoblackhat.com

A very simple post about using alternative services to GDrive comes from seoblackhat.com.
As he says, “It’s a Fact: Shit Happens.” so keeping your data up there in the cloud makes sense for people who want to keep their data removed from threats like flood and fire, or who just need access to it from (almost) [...]

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GDrive Alternatives