26 August 2007

STORE 2.0: 117 ways to back-up, store, access, swap, distribute & share your data, documents & media files online (often for free)



This category is mainly about storing and hosting. The "share" claim most often is weakly executed. You'll find some very similar websites in MULTIMEDIA 2.0.
Offering virtual hard disks combined with a full suite of web enabled softwares might be a very interesting endgame for some players in this category. But one stop solution providers are rare.
Many local players (not in this list) have entered the space. Plus a first sample of a mobile business case.

70+ additions in this update - in italic.



30gigs - Store your data
4shared - Upload & share files
Allmydata - Store & share your data
Amazonwebservices - Unlimited storage
AngelBack-up - Back-up service
Arunalabs - Store & send
Beinsync - Back-up & access all files anywhere
Bigfilebox - Store & share
Bigfilez - Store & send
Bigupload - Store & send
Blogack-uponline - Back-up service
Bolt - Watch, upload & share media
Box - Store & share data
Boxcloud - Store & send
Boxstr - Store & share
Bryght - Create & maintain a community
Carbonite - Back up your PC
Cleversafe - Software for dispersed data storage
Crashplan - Back-up service
Datapreserve - Back-up service
Divshare - Store & share
Driveway - Store & send
Dropboks - Store your files
Egnyte - Upload, store & share all your media & docs
Elephantdrive - Back-up service
Esnips - Store & share audio, video, clippings
Ewedrive - Store & share
File123 - Back-up service
Fileden - Store & share
Filefactory - Store & send
Fileho - Store & share
Filenanny - Store & share
Filepanda - Store & share
Flypicture - Store & share
Foldershare - Store, access & share files
Freefilehosting - Store & share
Gdisk - Hosting thru Gmail
Gigasize - Upload & share files
Godaddy - Back-up service
Grokthis - Application hosting
Hula - Manage calendars & email
I2drive - Store & share
IBack-up - Back-up service
Imagehosting - Upload, store & manage your photos
Iomega - Back-up service
Ironmountain - Back-up service
Jagbox - Store & send
Jumbodir - Store & share
Jungledisk - Store your data
Justupit - Store & send
Kanosis - Upload your files & use extra apps (MLM)
Krunch - Email files
Leapfile - Store & send
Localhostr - Store & send
Mailbigfile - Mail large files
Mediafire - Limitless up&downloads
Mediamaster - Back-up service
Megaupload - Store & share
Mofile - Upload & share your files
Movedigital - Store & send
Mozy - Upload & Back-up your files
Mydatabus - Store & share
Mydeo - Upload, store & manage videos
Myfabrik - Store, manage & share your media
Mynoteit - Store & access school information
Myotherdrive - Back-up service
Mypodcast - Host your podcasts
Nakido - Upload & share your files
Omnidrive* - Store & access data
Onedump - Store & share
Openomy - Upload your files & use extra apps
Orbitfiles - Store, access & share files
Ourmedia - Store & share data
Pandafile - Store & send
Pando* - Store & share data
Pcastbaby - Store & share podcasts
Pixilive - Upload, store & manage videos
Plinkd - Social web hosting
Podcastspot - Free or premium podcast hosting
Pod-serve - Explore, publish & share podcasts
Protectmyphotos - Back-up your photos online
Putfwd - Store & exchange data
Quickeo - Store & share your files
Quicksharing - Store & share
Railsbase - Application hosting (Ruby-based)
Rapidshare - Store & share
Rupid - Upload, store & manage videos
Send6 - Store & send
Sendthisfile - Store & send
Senduit - Email files
Sharebee - Store & send
Sharefile - Store & share files
Smartimagine - Store & manage your image & media files
Sos - Back-up service
Spoxel - Upload & share your files
Steekr - Store & share media
Strongspace - Upload, store, back-up & share your files
Supload - Upload, store & manage videos & photos
Switchpod - Host & promote podcasts
Tagandfile - Tag, share & store
Textdrive - Hosted applications
Textive - Back-up service
Tilefile - Store & share
Tinyload - Upload & share your files
Titanize - Back-up service
Trueshare - Store, manage & share files
Turboflix - Upload & share media
Upfordown - Store & share
Webcargo - Store & share
Woofiles - Store & share files
Xdrive - Store & share your data
Xmailharddrive - Store data thru Gmail
Yourfilehost - Upload, store & manage videos
Youswap - Store & send
Yuntaa - Back-up service
Zupload - Store & share
Zyb - Store, manage & share your cell's data

Italic = new. Update 061224, 070119, 070303, 070517 (corrected 070527), 060826.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi :

Very helpful list!

One way of mitigating a risk of disaster is to have an online backup service. I have been reading about the online backup and storage industry for a while now. It is becoming a commonly accepted technology these days.

For online backup news, information and articles, there is an excellent website:

http://www.BackupReview.info

This site lists more than 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis.

It also features a CEO Spotlight page, where senior management people from the industry are interviewed.

Cheers,

Bob Stumpel said...

Re Backup Review: valuable, thanks!

Anonymous said...

You missed out one site which may be helpful. Mobyko.com will help you save all your mobile stuff. Invaluable if you regularly lose your phone like I do!

Bob Stumpel said...

@Dan: Will look into it.

Computer Consulting Kit said...

Data backup and data recovery are really important issues for small businesses that sometimes can be overlooked by computer consulting professionals working with them when they are trying to sell their solutions. Being able to illustrate how disaster data loss can be for a company is one of the keys to selling your solutions as a tech provider. What business owner is going to argue with the disastrousness of total system melt-down after a hurricane or other natural disaster or when a disgruntled employee hacks into the system? The risk of losing thousands of dollars in a day when you lose data that potentially is never recovered is typically a pretty good reason to keep on top of data backup.


I provide free tips in my blog about IT consulting for those at various stages of their businesses – particularly those involved in the SMB market – but my advice works across the board. One thing I really recommend is really stressing data backup and recovery with prospects and clients! Thanks for the helpful list!

 
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