As cloud computing seems to get more popular (especially on a personal scope – at least for me and my peers), more and more companies are beginning to enter the market with bigger and better offerings. Box.net has recently introduced some major upgrades to its cloud service that may raise the bar of expectations across the field.
Box.net has started offering 5GB for their free accounts and even more impressive they offer an unlimited amount of space for their enterprise customers. As hard drives in personal computers continue to increase (at the same price), data centers seem to be following the trend. In an article written in Mashable, the CEO of Box.net Aaron Levie states, “It’s now possible for data centers to offer more storage for the same price.”
So what does this mean?
1. Demand – the demand seems to be present – and increasing. The needs of the consumers continue to become more reliant on online storage via cloud computing and companies like Box.net and Dropbox need to deliver.
2. Competition – now that Box.net is offering a higher storage limit, how will the competitors react? I looked at Dropbox and ZumoDrive – both offer only 2GB (seems to be the standard). As more people use cloud computing as a means of transferring and sharing data, companies may need to match each other on limits while positioning themselves elsewhere.
3. Future – I’m interested in how much bigger and better this cloud computing will get. Does this mean that everything I would ever do on a computer be ‘out there’ somewhere – and all I would need is a screen, mouse, and connection to that cloud high in the sky?
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