Dell launches Online Data Storage
As you know, I’m watching the Online Data Storage story. I came from a traditional Data Storage company and I’ve strong interest in the web. It’s well known Dell already offers Data Storage servers at the low end of the market with re branded EMC products. Now Dell is also getting into the Online Data Storage industry:
“Dell Chairman Michael Dell used his 2007 Consumer Electronics Show keynote to show off what may be the PC giant’s biggest services gambit yet: an online backup service called Dell DataSafe that will be available later this year.
The new password-protected service, unveiled Tuesday before hundreds of CES showgoers, allows users to easily back up data online and migrate it to a new laptop or desktop PC. Pricing for the new service wasn’t available.”
Remember how I said ODS is going to be like ‘free checking’? Well it’s happening. Folks still disagree with my theory that Online Data Storage Companies will pay you to upload data.
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I could see ODS paying me. If they could interpret my files to develop a profile that could be used (with my permission) for marketing to me - perhaps tied to my VRM tool (Doc Searls - vendor relationship management) this would be of value to them, and to me.
[…] The day I was able to video Michael Dell I learned that Dell is headed towards online backup and recovery […]
Do you think Dell will also provide this solution for their business customers file servers? Many use onsite tape backup solutions but from everything I’ve read they are reliable only about 50% of the time. Would Dell then go into competition with another vendor I’m reviewing called LiveVault?