Storage 2'0

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Storage 2.0

• CSE 91
• Megan Chiu
• Rohit Kabadi

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Web 2.0 Ideas in Storage

• Editing Capabilities
• Sharing
• Community Support

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Business Model

• 3 Plans
• 10 G storage, 20 G bpm for 40 a year
• 25 G storage, 50 G bpm for 99 a year
• 50 G storage, 100 G bpm for 199 a year
• More storage available if needed
• bpm bandwidth per month

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Accessing Your Files

• Either through the web application or a virtual
  drive. (example below)
• Loading takes a while on both of these.

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• Can also get access through customized API
• Mostly used by companies who might want to use
  external storage.
• Comes with every account just in case you want
  to start coding
• Virtual drive is supported on Windows, Mac, and
  Linux with Java

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Features

• Sharing
• Publishing
• Access through e-mail or UserID
• Editing
• Documents through Zoho
• Images through Snipshot

• Live Folders?
• Updates RSS feeds, flickr accounts, etc. but
  seems to have been integrated into folder sharing
  properties or not available at the moment

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Features contd

• Ability to play media through built-in player
• Working on viewing outside of account (like
  adding a youtube video to a web page) without
  need of codecs
• Store and view zip, pdf, and many other file
  formats.

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Rave Reviews

• Of the thirteen companies that we researched for
  this post, three really stand out.
  Australia-based OmniDrive (unfunded but not for
  long) is the clear leader in features.
  TechCrunch

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User Experience

• It does what it says it does.  No fuss. No
  bother. simply a well thought out and effective
  tool.

• Most are happy with Omnidrive, From the Tangler
  forum

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Some Complaints

• Still some bugs to iron out (especially in Vista)
• Uploading/Authentication time is still
  considerably longer than moving files on your own
  connected hard drive.
• Feels a bit geared towards geeks and business.

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Support and Development

• Omnidrive has still a relatively small user base
  a lot of support comes directly community of
  users (in the forums) or for more dire problems,
  from the few people that run the company.
• Support is very personalized.
• Developers Wikipedia

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In Review

• Web 1.0
• much like a cardboard box (Xdrive.com
  Ibackup.com)
• Upload/download by FTP or other web browser
  program

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• Web 2.0 - a cardboard box that you can share and
  change the contents of.
• A cardboard box with many access points like
  ports on a computer.
• Meant to be like your own desktop.
• (Omnidrive.com)

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eSnips

• Free 5GB of storage
• Any kind of file
• Share files with other users
• Gives user online identity
• Unique features beyond storage

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Sharing Features

• What to Share
• Thoughts
• Media files
• Documents and Presentations
• Websites
• Folders
• Who to share with
• The world
• Group
• Yourself

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Folders

• Organization along with unique features
• Upload any file
• Each folder becomes new webpage
• Make wall posts
• Make comments
• Customizable
• Folder intro
• Color Schemes
• Tags

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Profile

• Tell people who you are
• Personal details
• Contact info
• Introduce yourself
• General questions
• Description
• Favorites
• Comments

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Communities

• Creates a home for users who share a common
  interest
• Users who tag files automatically join communities

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Media Files

• Access media files directly without downloading
• Pictures
• Audio
• Video

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User Experience

• I became addicted to eSnips within minutes.
  It's the best way yet that I have found for
  easily pulling together in one place anything I
  might need for a project. I love the way it snips
  entire web pages. File and folder management are
  a breeze. If offered at a reasonable price, this
  is something for which I would have no problem
  paying. It's definitely a productivity booster.
• - ZenWarrior (FileForum)

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Complaints

• No support for proxy server
• Small file size limit for uploading individual
  files
• Crashes when uploading files

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Business Model

• Funded by Israeli venture capitalists
• Most notably Greylock Partners who have given
  approximately 2 million in funds to eSnips.
• Ads on site

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StrongSpace

• Place to store, backup, and share files
• Known for its security

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Strength

• File transfer over secure connection
• Private info encrypted with Blowfish
• Moved files encrypted at all times

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Example of Strongspace login
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User Benefits

• Store copies of important files and documents
• In case where there is a fire, flood, or other
  disaster in an office building, backing up files
  on a network server doesnt help
• Backup email
• Email contains important information including
  contracts, agreements, receipts, invoices,
  passwords, appointments

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User Benefits contd

• Share files with family and friends
• Photos, movies, music, any type of file
• Share files within small businesses
• Business teams are spreading globally and need
  one central place to store files

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User Benefits contd

• Backup laptop while traveling
• Backups to network servers or hard drives may be
  unavailable to the user when traveling
• Access files from anywhere in the world
• As long as you are connected to the internet, you
  can access your files on Strongspace

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Business Model

• Monthly Plans
• Startup 15, 5 users/5GB
• Plus 50, 25 users/25GB
• Premier 100, 100 users/100GB
• Yearly Plans
• Startup 99, 5 users/5GB
• Plus, 499, 25 users/25GB
• Premier, 999, 100 users/100GB