Syncplicity Online Backup Opens Public Beta
April 15th, 2008 (9:28am) Judi Sohn 5 Comments
If you’re keeping a scorecard of all the online backup solutions now popping up, you must be running out of room on your paper by now.
GigaOm reports on the launch of Syncplicity, a new player joining a crowded field that includes Carbonite, Mozy, HP Upline, DropBox, SugarSync and many others.
Initially the service is free in beta (and Windows PC only for now), but it appears they will be charging a monthly fee at some point.
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karl prosser says: April 15th, 2008 11:53am
i’ve been using syncplicity for quite some time now, and really its a killer app. Even at an early beta stage, it drove me away from my beloved foldershare, and dropboxd. I think it has the features, and the vision for the future of this genre.
Emad says: April 16th, 2008 7:28am
Obviously this space is getting really crowded and competition is heating up… I was just approached at techbrief by SugarSync and we partnered with them to give away a macbook air… This is a serious prize which only indicates how hot the competition is… The giveaway is over here
Online Backup says: April 21st, 2008 2:51pm
Yea competition is always a big problem faced when good ideas and concepts arise. Good thing EMC is backing mozy :o
~Johnny
Peter Sullivan says: April 28th, 2008 12:32pm
There appears to be far too much focus on provider brand name and little focus on the reliability and technology behind the name. Most online backup companies use technology ranging from bargainbasement offerings like Ahsay through Venbu and up to remote-backup and Asigra. In effect, five or six software prodcers represent the software used by the vast majority of online backup service providers in the world. The free and nearly free offerings have to use the cheaper software and offer a limited bandwidth and technology share. Commercial online backup is more likely to offer a more robust software and hardware combination with clearly better bandwidth allowances. So when chosing an online backup provider, ask them which software they use. At this point they know the game is up as you can download the software coders spec sheet and the online backup provider has to compete on the basis of space and bandwidth.
Peter Sullivan
http://www.backupanytime.com/whitepaper.htm
SFrost says: April 30th, 2008 12:47am
I’m not too sure about categorizing Vembu StoreGrid (www.vembu.com) in that bracket (I assume you’re talking about the same guys - there was a typo in your post).
I use Vembu to deliver compliance ready (HIPAA, etc) online backup solutions to some of my customers - works like a charm, and is pretty robust with a well rounded feature set - I’m always looking for more, but who isn’t. And yes, their pricing is quite reasonable - I wouldn’t go so far as calling it bargain basement, especially when you weigh in the costs consumers are willing to pay - nothing really qualifis as bargain basement pricing :-)
Of course, I need to ensure I have the right hardware and more importantly, process. Haven’t tried the others you mention - will post if I get around to doing that.
Steve