Google
has teamed up with a startup called Panzura to offer 2TB of free cloud
storage for 12 months. In order to access free storage, users will have
to install cloud gateway software from Panzura first.
The only
catch here is that Google offer covers access only from one location
using Panzura, but if users need to access their cloud storage from
multiple locations, they'll have to pay Panzura, but Google still won't
charge anything.
"This is a way for customers to try something
new, especially if they have had some kind of aversion to using the
cloud in the past," said Chris Rimer, Global Head of Partners for Google
Cloud Platform, told WSJ.
In March, Google had
lowered
the prices of paid plans of its Drive cloud storage service.
It
is now charging $1.99 (Rs. 120 approximately) per month for 100GB
storage from $4.99 per month previously, $9.99 (Rs. 600 approximately)
per month for 1TB storage (previously $49.99), and $99.99 (Rs. 6,000
approximately) for 10TB storage.
Amazon on the other hand offers
1TB of storage at $120 (Rs. 7,100 approximately) per year, while 100GB OneDrive
storage by Microsoft costs $50 (Rs. 3,000 approximately) per year.
Dropbox charges $9.99 (Rs. 600 approximately) a month - or $99 (Rs.
6,000 approximately) a year if paid annually - for 100GB of storage.
Panzura,
a California-based storage company which used to sell its cloud gateway
software, has also started offering it free of charge from Wednesday.
The company is also known to help Amazon and Microsoft data centres to
store data remotely and provides tools to access it with their existing
software programs.
"Our hope with providing cloud gateways for
free is to help people understand that the real value of cloud storage
is acting as a collaborative fabric for cross-office collaboration and
not as a cheap digital attic,"
said Barry
Phillips, Chief Marketing Officer, Panzura.
Google on the other
hand has also added feature to insert Google Drive files directly into
Gmail messages on Android devices. It will also ask users to share a
file with recipient if it's not shared already and will offer an option
to change file sharing settings. The option, called Insert from Drive,
comes with another update to the Gmail app for Android, namely improved
autocomplete suggestions for contacts.
The company noted on a
Google+
post that
"these features will be rolling out over the next few days" to its
Gmail app.
Those who can't wait for the roll-out, can get the update Gmail v4.9 app
from Android Police
which has the signed apk from Google.
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