According to sources, Google is readying a
cloud storage service which would allow users to store a large amount of data
online. Although similar kind of news of launching cloud storage option was
being heard in 2007 as well which afterwards has been proved a rumor.
According to Wall street Journal Google's storage service will now called as
Drive. It will arrive in the next couple of weeks, or months and it will be free
for those who wants to store large amount of data. According to WSJ, this
service would allow users to store their photos, documents and ideas on Google's
servers.
Experts say that if the reports pan out and Google does launch this kind of
service , then it can force it with the competition with Mozy,
Dropbox, Microsoft skyDrive and Amazon etc. Google is thinking to provide this service to its consumers and business sectors, also it is thinking about the prices of the service.