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Online storage companies beware: this is judgment day. It’s longbeen rumored that Google would eventually offer an online storage cloudfor all your data, and now that fable is becoming a reality: theincrease in Gmail storage for some users today was actually a precursor to the launch of Google shared storage.
The new storage service brings together your storage usage fromGmail and Picasa Web Albums, allowing you to upgrade for a fee. Thefees are as follows, with payments made via Google Checkout:
Quote:
-6 GB ($20.00 per year)
-25 GB ($75.00 per year)
-100 GB ($250.00 per year)
-250 GB ($500.00 per year)
Google Documents will most likely be the next Google service tobecome part of shared storage, while premium accounts like the one onPicasa are being replaced with this new system. It’s a move that takesthe sheen off Microsoft’s SkyDrive, which is gaining coverage today. Meanwhile,we can surely expect Google to open the APIs on Google storage, makingfor a flexible storage solution that challenges Amazon S3, plus all thesmaller startups.
May I remind you of the following GoogleZon video, created in November 2004: despite a few mistakes, its vision of a Google cloud storing your entire life is becoming more true by the day.
Last edited by Editorial Team on Mon Aug 20, 2007 6:59 pm; edited 1 time in total
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