Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Google Drive Goes Live!

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/start

Cloud Wars: Google Strikes Back With 'Google Drive'
Forbes
These days everyone wants a piece of the cloud-computing market. Amazon has entered the cloud-space with various cloud storage options, and both Microsoft and Apple provide cloud storage for customers – Microsoft with its revamped SkyDrive and Apple ...

Forbes

Microsoft gets cloud storage right with new SkyDrive
CBS News
Until now: SkyDrive has just leapfrogged most other Internet cloud services and unreservedly deserves your attention. First and foremost, Microsoft has released desktop clients for both Windows and Mac OS, which integrates SkyDrive's gigabytes of ...

CBS News

With Google Drive announced, what is the best cloud storage service for you?
msnbc.com
If you decided to get a few gigabytes of cloud storage today, no one would blame you for being intimidated by the number and variety of services out there. Google announced its service Tuesday, adding to an already-crowded field of competitors.

Google Drive: Google's Cloud Storage Service Offers 5GB for Free
ABC News
The Internet giant is launching its Google Drive Cloud storage service today, which will offer any Google user 5 gigabytes of free online storage -- enough space to store about 1000 songs or thousands of documents. You will be able to access your files ...
 
ABC News

Google Launches "Google Drive" cloud storage and collaboration service
San Jose Mercury News
But the success of Drive will ride largely on whether Google can differentiate its offering from already established fast-growing cloud storage startups that were in the market first, such as Dropbox and Box, as well as big consumer media competitors ...

Google launches cloud storage service
Boston Globe
By Michael Liedtke | AP SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Google is hoping to build the world's largest digital filing cabinet in the latest attempt to deepen people's dependence on its services. The Internet search leader's latest product stores personal ...

Boston Globe

Long-Awaited 'Google Drive' Cloud Storage Service Finally Launches
TIME
If you've been expecting something similar to the perennial cloud storage favorite, Dropbox, you're in for a treat. So far, I've downloaded a standalone program that created a “Google Drive” folder and – wouldn't you know it – stuck it right underneath ...

TIME

Google Drive: What it could mean for the cloud storage market
ZDNet (blog)
By Rachel King | April 24, 2012, 2:15am PDT Summary: Major cloud industry players weigh in on what the arrival of Google Drive could mean for the consumer and enterprise cloud storage markets. After months (or even years) of waiting, Google is supposed ...

Google Launches Cloud Storage Service Google Drive
The Mac Observer
The cloud storage service offers users 5 GB of free storage and is tightly integrated with other Google services, such as Google Docs and Gmail, to allow for easy sharing and collaboration. “Today, we're introducing Google Drive—a place where you can ...

The Mac Observer

Google Drive launches: It won't spark a cloud storage revolution, but it's a start
VentureBeat
Google Drive will compete against Dropbox, Box, SugarSync, Microsoft's SkyDrive, and many othercloud storage providers. Drive's offerings most closely resemble Dropbox, which gives users access to cloud-connected storage on PCs, Macs, smartphones, ...

Google rolling out cloud storage for consumers, source says
San Francisco Examiner
Google's "cloud storage" offering will incorporate search capabilities and allow users to store pictures, notes and other documents on the Internet and access them from any Web-connected device. Consumers will get 5 Gigabytes of storage for free with ...

San Francisco Examiner

Google Drive launches with 5GB of free cloud storage
Apple Insider
By AppleInsider Staff The long-rumored Google Drive service was officially launched on Tuesday, offering users 5 gigabytes of free cloud-based file storage. In a post to the company's official blog, Google Drive was presented as a service that allows ...

Google Drive Cloud Computing Service Offers Users 5-100 GB of Storage
Slate Magazine (blog)
Google Drive, Google's new cloud computing service, has launched. Google logo is seen at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California. There's a major new weather system moving intocloud computing, and Google Drive—which launched today—would ...

Google "Drive" Joins The Cloud Storage Battle
WLTX.com
"Drive is at the heart of what cloud computing is," says Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome and apps. "It was created to be the center of the Google application experience." (Google Docs is integrated into Drive, he says.) ...

WLTX.com

Google to launch cloud storage service soon?
CNET
By Vincent Chang on Apr 24, 2012 According to Reuters, search giant Google is preparing to offer a new cloud storage service, known as Google Drive, as soon as this Tuesday (US time). It's likely to be similar to existing services such as Dropbox, ...

CNET

Google enters the cloud storage wars
Boston Herald (blog)
The long-rumored Google Drive service made its debut today, competing with all manner of cloud services from Microsoft SkyDrive, Apple iCloud, Amazon, etc. The first 5GBs are free, and the prices beyond that are pretty competitive.

Automated Benefits' G. Scott Paterson Talks Cloud Computing and the Future of ...
Reuters
Paterson talks with host James West about the next wave in Cloud computing, and outlines how Automated Benefits is poised to capture market share in the drive towards insurance claim process automation. Automated Benefits, with two distinct products ...

Google motors into cloud storage with Drive
Register
Google has thrown its hat into the cloud storage ring with the long-expected launch of Google Drive, an online vault integrated with Google Docs that allows sharing and collaboration online. "Whether you're working with a friend on a joint research ...

Avanade Releases Cloud Services Manager to Help Businesses Simplify and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Extending the capabilities of Microsoft System Center 2012, Avanade's Cloud Services Manager enables companies to deploy and manage cloud services across multiple cloud vendor environments including Microsoft, VMware(R) and Citrix(R).

Google is expected to launch its new cloud storage service, "Google Drive," as ...
DailyTech
Google Drive will be an online storage service where users can keep photos, documents and other types of content stashed away safely in the cloud. The user can then access their content later from a variety of Internet-enabled devices like smartphones, ...

DailyTech

Xerox throwing cloud computing coming out party
ITworld.com
"We've done the work, we've served our customers and now we're ready to start talking about it," says Rob Schilperoort, vice president of product management for Xerox Cloud Services, the business unit of the $20 billion company that has been best known ...

'Google Drive,' a cloud storage service, expected to be launched this week
GlobalPost
(Kimihiro Hoshino/AFP/Getty Images) Google today announced a cloud storage service called "Google Drive", the Associated Press reported. The service will to compete against other products such as Box and Dropbox, which allow users to save files on ...

Microsoft System Center 2012 Focuses On Private Cloud
InformationWeek
Allowing end users to self provision is one of four distinguishing characteristics of how private cloud computing is different from simply establishing banks of virtualized servers in the data center. In addition to self service, Anderson offered three ...

Google Drive Cloud Storage Officially Launched
WebProNews
Google has just announced the launch of its new cloud storage service, Google Drive. Users can now request a 5 GB Drive over on the Drive website. Google will email users “when your Google Drive is ready.” In a blog post on the Official Google Blog, ...

OfficeDrop Gets Faster, Doubles Online Cloud Storage and Allows Any File Type
MarketWatch (press release)
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Apr 24, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- OfficeDrop announced a major upgrade to its online cloud storage offering today. We've made it so you can upload any file type, and upgraded our system to get much faster and more reliable.

Google Drive and 4 Other Cloud Storage Solutions
GeekSugar.com
After years of speculation about a storage product, Google announced today their cloud storagesolution — Google Drive. In an effort to seamlessly blend use for those already entrenched in Google Docs, documents are automatically built into Drive so ...

With 'Drive,' Google Joins The Cloud Storage War
NPR (blog)
by Eyder Peralta After years of speculation and rumor, today Google announced Google Drive, a new service that allows users to store data on the cloud. In English, that means a service that allows users to keep documents, photos, videos and other files ...

Google Docs Storage Expands to 5GB, Launch of Drive Imminent
eWeek
Google's cloud-based data storage service, Drive, is expected to launch today, according to a Reuters report and leaked info from Google's French site. Ever since the appearance of a leaked Goolge press release containing information about Drive, ...

Simplifying the Management of Cloud Computing | Blogs ...
By webadmin@itbusinessedge.com
All things being relatively equal, the decision as to which cloud service provider to go with is likely to come down to manageability. Most IT administrators want a cloud computing experience that closely mimics what they see when they are ...
Mike Vizard

Google Launches Google Drive Cloud Storage Service | Michael ...
By Jordan Golson
Today, we're introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you're working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding with your fiancĂ© or tracking a budget ...
Michael Vacirca

Cloud Fundamentals Video Series: Interdependencies Among ...
By trusted-cloud
Consumers of cloud services generally don't get to see the layers of technology that they rely on. For many, this seamless delivery is part of the value proposition of cloud computing; depending on the type of deployment, customers expect ...
Cloud Computing | Microsoft Trustwort...

Google Drive cloud storage service official, offers 5GB of space for ...
Google has long been rumored to be prepping an online storage service dubbed Drive for some time, and today the company made it nice and official. Google Drive is now live, allowing users to store up to 5GB of photos, videos, PDFs and ...
PhoneDog.com - Latest videos,...

On The Verge: 100% Cloud-fueled Ventures | CloudTweaks.com ...
By Humayun
While this remains unequivocally true, cloud technology offers a whole lot more in store for businesses – startups in particular. Almost certainly, the most promising facet of cloud computing is its potential to nurture an altogether novel genre of ...
CloudTweaks.com - Cloud Computing...

SAP on the Cloud » Keys to Successful Cloud Computing
By Brad Smith
About this Blog. The sky is no longer the limit. Thanks to cloud computing, the power to streamline business processes, collaborate on actionable insights, and make informed decisions can be yours right now. Not in one year, not in six months.
SAP on the Cloud

With 'Drive,' Google Joins The Cloud Storage War | KOSU Radio
By KOSU News
With 'Drive,' Google Joins The Cloud Storage War. Filed by KOSU News in Business. April 24, 2012. After years of speculation and rumor, today Google announced Google Drive, a new service that allows users to store data on the cloud.
KOSU Radio

How Cloud Computing Can Help Your Small Business ...
By Guest
Cloud computing has become increasingly popular in recent years, and large web corporations with heavy online presences are increasingly moving toward cloud computing as a way of optimizing their services and making content more ...
Marketing Advice for CEOs - DIYMarketers

Cloud Computing Revolutionizes the Customer-Retailer Transaction |
By Hadley
ShopKeep POS Co-Founder and COO David Olk was asked to write about cloud computing in retail for The Weekly Consensus. Below is an excerpt from his article, or read the whole thing here. Cloud Computing Revolutionizes the ...
Automated Benefits Chairman G. Scott Paterson Talks Cloud ...
By James West
(TSX.V:AUT) Chairman G. Scott Paterson is the guest on Midas Letter Money in this segment recorded in Toronto. Paterson talks with host James West about the next wave in Cloud computing, and outlines how Automated Benefits is poised to ...
Midas Letter

ScaleXtreme Offers Cost Control, Budgeting and Enforcement for ...
By David Marshall
ScaleXtreme Offers Cost Control, Budgeting and Enforcement for Cloud Computing. ScaleXtreme, the leading provider of server and cloud management products, today released a new set of tools that enable IT professionals to gain visibility ...
VMblog.com - Virtualization Technolog...

Nirvanix Doubles Cloud Storage in Dallas with CyrusOne Data ...
Nirvanix has doubled its cloud storage capacity in the Dallas area through an agreement ... Related Topics: cloud computing, colocation, cyrusone, data centers, ...
www.thewhir.com/.../nirvanix-doubles-cloud-storage-in-dallas...

Risks of P2P and Cloud Storage
Peer-to-peer networking (P2P) and cloud storage services have both been hot ... It needs to be pointed out that many cloud services don't guarantee that files ...
www.techadvisory.org/2012/.../risks-of-p2p-and-cloud-storag...

Gartner's Five Cloud Computing Trends For Cloud Strategy To 2015
A cloud services brokerage (CSB) is a service provider that plays an intermediary role in cloud computing. Interest in the CSB concept increased last year, and ...
www.web2andmore.net/.../gartners-five-cloud-computing-tren...

Amazon, Microsoft introduce search as a cloud service
Data security in the cloud, Cloud computing standards and compliance, SaaS and cloud ...Sophisticated clouds call for sophisticated management services ...
searchcloudcomputing.techtarget.com/.../Amazon-Microsoft-i...

Why Should Investors Care About Amazon's Cloud Services? (AMZN)
The idea was an instant hit, and Amazon's cloud-computing services have come ... its public cloud services -- a drop-in replacement for much of Amazon's AWS, ...
www.fool.com/.../why-should-investors-care-about-amazons-c...



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