Box.net
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: security, online, storage | Themes: The Internet, Business
8. Box.net
Box.net is similar to Xdrive and Omnidrive, in that it’s focused more on storage than on pure backup. With Box.net, as far as we could determine, there is also no client application to download: the whole storage experience is online. That said, the online experience is very slick and really is built around extending the accessibility of the stored files, more than any other service we tested for this review.
The main dashboard for Box.net provides the first real indication that this service is not like the others.
While sharing files with another user is a standard feature for online storage, Box.net also enable you to create widgets for your storage and post files to your blog, and it lets users track what you’ve uploaded with RSS. The widget creation is slick, fast and easy, and takes your stored data and presents it in a way that no other online storage service we tested could currently do.
Like Omnidrive, Box.net also now includes Zoho integration, so you can actually edit your Word and Excel files online too.
Expanding Box.net even further, there are a number add-ons for it that integrate the online storage services capabilities into other applications. These include Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3ds Max, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Office and Open Office.
Box.net doesn’t have a client download, however, so there is no direct Windows shell or drive mapping for Box.net that can be easily done, unlike some of the other services we tested. With all the add-on extra functionality, though, it’s not something that is likely to be terribly missed.
Hi, i tried more than one of this sites, below my comments:
Mozy
http://www.mozy.com
Voto: 8/10
If you delete a file you cancel the back up as well. The back up is quite slow.
If you change the PC it can be a trouble.
Box.net
http://www.box.net
Voto: 6/10
The back up is not automatic and you don?t konw how to cancel your subscription.
Memopal
http://www.memopal.com
Voto: 9/10
Just in beta version but it seems well done.
250GB of space, automatic back up, your own ftp, access from everywhere.
Unfortunately It doesn?t have an affiliate program, but just per invitation for now.
I just tried memopal and it was good
Jungle Disk: Great, just what EVERYONE needs.
FREE to try first month.
First it guides you to set up an account with Amazon.
To continue, a lousy $20 one-off for lifetime, all upgrades, all your machines now and anywhere. It uses Amazon's spare space. The front-end is so easy: set up a schedule of what and when e.g my changed /datafiles at /midnight daily. Even keeps changed files.
Await the monthly bill from Amazon, big bikkies? Heck no -- 15 cents per GIGabyte per month.
Secure? Sure is... your OWN secret strong encryption key, unknown to Amazon or Jungle disk.
Data is as available as a network icon on your desktop, to view, download, rename, delete etc...
www.jungledisk.com
He has a deluxe option for an extra $1 a month to restrict uploading data to changed files. Go mad, spend up big.
Check out an interview where security guru finds it A1;
http://www.grc.com/sn/SN-123.htm
(skip the first half of chat)
P.S yes I use it.(No commercial relationship)