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Google has ambitious plans to launch its own cloud-based storage device, Google Drive, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The report suggests the service responds to the growing use of mobile devices to access personal files sorted on the internet.
Drive will let users store documents, photos, and videos on Google’s servers so that they can be accessible from any web connected device and allows them to easily share the files with others. There will also be Google Drive apps for mobile devices, it’s suggested, for uploading photos and video direct to the cloud store.
According to the report, the service will launch in “weeks or months” and will rival the likes of Dropbox, possibly undercutting the popular web storage and sync solution on price.
Dropbox is another cloud storage provider has experienced meteoric growth since the service was founded in 2007. It now boasts a member base of over 45 million. Customers use it not only for archiving their pictures and documents, but to manage and sync those files between devices.
The Wall Street Journal reported that, “The Google service will be free for most consumers and businesses. But, Google will charge a fee to those who want to store a large amount of file.”
Given the proliferation of smart phones and the surge of digital music, the appetite for cloud storage is subsequently booming. Research from independent information provide, Visiongain, predicts that the mobile cloud computing marketing will grow rapidly in the next few years. It makes sense that Google would want to fight for its share of the action.
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