Google nevertheless prepares to launch an on-line storehouse of data
Hearings about that Google prepares for on-line storehouse of data have again emerged on a surface: this time authoritative edition Wall Street Journal has informed referring to not specified ” authentic sources “, that Google plans to give to users an opportunity to store on servers of the company as a matter of fact the information which for today usually hold on own hard drives, - whether it be briefs, photos, music, video, etc. That access to the necessary data can be received from any computer or the mobile device.
Exact terms of start of service GDrive while are unknown: ” the persons familiar with a question “, under statement Wall Street Journal, assume, that it happens in some months. At service will be both free-of-charge, and paid versions, - the second, naturally, with more ample opportunities.
It is necessary to note, that Google starts service of a data storage in online after many competitors: service AOL Xdrive for today offers clients 5 GB disk space for a data storage in online free of charge, and for 10 dollars a month - 50 more GB. Apple iDisk offers 10-GB “increase” to a local hard disk within the limits of service .Mac (the user’s payment for use of this service makes 99 dollars a year); beta-version Microsoft SkyDrive offers 1 GB free of charge (the paid version while is not present), - and in the near future will offer 500 more mbyte for storage of office documentation within the limits of service Office Live Workspaces.
That can offer Google, is not clear yet though as fairly notices Wall Street Journal, the company already offers, through various services, decent enough space for a data storage in the Network: for example, the size of box Gmail at present makes 5295 MB, and to users Picasa is accessible 1 GB to storage of photos free of charge, for 20 dollars a year it is possible to rent 10 more GB, and for 500 dollars a year - 400 GB. Most likely, Google plans to unite all the storehouses of the user data in a single whole.
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