Small companies do not have the luxury of financial freedom to purchase latest technologies due to the high cost associated with it. But with the advent of cloud technology things have changed, now companies can choose different cloud storage services for storing and backing up their important data. Here we list some important companies who offer these services.
1. Box
Box is an online content sharing company that helps you access, view, edit, document in a seamless way. Box is compatible with various devices and iOS platform and it can be accessed from anywhere, anytime. It also offers easy integration of Google Docs, and helps you keep updated through real-time activity stream. Since it is a cloud based even small business can take advantage of their service for storing and back up of important data.
2. DropBox
This is one of the most well-known and widely used cloud storage applications for storing data online. The basic version is free and it comes with 2 GB of free online space.
3. Amazon Web Services
Amazon Glacier is an extremely low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup. With Amazon Glacier, customers can reliably store large or small amounts of data for as little as $0.01 per gigabyte per month, a significant savings compared to on-premises solutions.
4. Sky Drive
Sky Drive from Microsoft is a file hosting service that allows users to store and access files from virtually any device. You can also upload photos or videos from your phone to SkyDrive.
5. Google Drive
Google Drive allows you to store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others. You can also edit your Google documents and spreadsheets appear to collaborators in seconds. Also upload and convert files to the Google Docs format.
6. Livedrive
Livedrive offers backup of your computer, sync files across your computers and access it from the web anywhere, anytime. Livedrive is fast, secure and easy to use and it comes in three plans namely Business, Pro suite, Briefcase.
7. Spideroak
Spideroak may not be a big name like Google drive or DropBox, but it offers full online backup service. You can also sync and share data and you can retrieve files from any device form anywhere.
8. Mozy
Mozy is an online storage and backup service for both Windows and Mac platforms it allows users to back up data continuously, manually or through schedule updates. MozyHome users can use Stash to manage and access files from any linked computer or mobile device.
