Microsoft introduced the service to turn the network into a hard drive

With the upcoming Live Drive service on Windows Live, users will be equipped with a virtual hard drive to store important personal data.

Source: SMH.com.au

Apparently, Live Drive was launched to fight with Gdrive, a similar service revealed by rival Google in early March. As predicted, GDrive will provide both individual and business users with unlimited storage on the network, where they can store any information they want.

Not yet revealed

However, no one knows when Gdrive will be released, as well as its specific face, because what Google revealed just belongs to the form of "blurting out the words" only.

Some sources familiar with or outside Gdrive, Google are also researching two hosting related services, GDS and Lighthouse. All three projects focus on the goal: providing "unlimited capacity" and "unlimited bandwidth".

In fact, the information that Microsoft provides about Live Drive is not much better. Microsoft Chief Technology Officer Ray Ozzie publicly acknowledged the Live Drive plan in an interview with Fortune magazine on April 19.

Accordingly, Microsoft intends to use its server center to equip people to use a virtual drawer on the network, where they can insert as many arbitrary digital data. "With Live Drive, you will be able to access all the information you have - movies, music, tax returns, videoconference high-resolution video clips . from anywhere, through any device, "Fortune writes.

Drawers and safes

In fact, Microsoft has been eyeing virtual storage space for at least 2 years now. Since 2004, it has been rumored that Microsoft is about to launch a backup and storage service for SOHO (small office / home office) and personal users.

This service is a place where users can backup all their personal files, CDs, DVDs, financial, legal, digital and even files, and even insert important, confidential files. most into a virtual "safe" absolutely safe. Back then, a source close to Microsoft said the service would be available in the form of subscription payments and will be launched in 2005, but so far it has not been seen.

It was not until the interview with Fortune magazine yesterday that the news experts knew that Microsoft had never given up its intention to jump into the virtual storage market, the area is expected to be "hot" in the near future, due to children. People are increasingly dependent on the Net and increasingly store more information in digital form.

Microsoft has yet to comment on Fortune's articles and plans related to Live Drive.

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