Data storage medium has been improving day by day. From the floppy disks we moved to CD’s and then to DVD’s and eventually to tiny USB drives. The latest in this data storage world is the Gdrive. Tech sites online have been talking about this Gdrive which is supposed to store all your data securely at one central location virtually.
This process eliminates the need to carry any kind of storage medium whatsoever. But, people are skeptical about this storage medium. Why? several reasons. First, privacy becomes a big issue when data is stored online even though the Gdrive is supposed to be a pretty secure location online. Second, the amount of data stored is also an issue i.e. file size becomes extremely important. Lastly, the network security is yet another aspect that plagues the user’s mind when it comes to online data storage.
Irrespective of all this, the e-gossip is that Google is coming up with the new storage concept called Gdrive. It will be your online hard drive. Similar online drives exist as of now. The Xdrive by AOL is an online storage drive. Xdrive offers a free 5GB of storage space while one can buy about 50 gigs per month at $9.95. Along with AOL, Microsoft and Apple have similar services. So, Google is a little behind when it comes to this technology. With that many online hard drives already existing, I think that most users will simply ignore Google online storage unless of course they come up with something really innovative.
