April 2016 - BackupReview.com

Bitcasa Drive and Copy.com Alternatives

Posted on April 29 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

Both Bitcasa Drive and Copy.com are shutting down in May. These aren’t the first cloud storage services to shut down and leave their users hanging, and they likely won’t be the last. If you’re wondering where you should put your data after …

SurDoc Shuts Down Cloud Storage Service

Posted on April 27 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

SurDoc announced today that they will be shutting down their service on May 31, 2016. This follows a string of recent closures in the cloud storage industry, starting with Copy.com and Bitcasa Drive earlier this year.

SecureSafe Review: Swiss Cloud Storage with Data Inheritance

Posted on April 27 2016 by Mike Lohnash

SecureSafe is cloud storage service nestled in the Swiss Alps, within a former military bunker. Its parent company, DSwiss, promises the service was designed from the ground up with security and privacy in mind. In addition, they include a secure …

Retrospect Adds Amazon Glacier Support

Posted on April 22 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

Retrospect added support for more cloud storage services to their line of backup and recovery software on Wednesday. New Amazon S3 regions, including low-cost storage services such as Amazon Glacier and Google Cloud Storage Nearline can now be used as offsite destinations …

Mover.io Review: Cross-Cloud Management Made Easy

Posted on April 22 2016 by Mike Lohnash

For many of us, cloud storage is a great way to avoid the problems of physical storage. If your computer dies, you simply need to swap out a hard drive and refresh your computer software. Your files are still in …

Bitcasa Drive to Be Discontinued

Posted on April 21 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

Bitcasa Drive will be discontinued, according to an email sent to users and in a post on their company blog. Current users will have until 11:59 p.m. PST on May 20 to download their files, before they are permanently deleted.

The Best Free Cloud Storage – 22 Services That Give You More

Posted on April 14 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

Free cloud storage is all the rage. If you want to upload a school or work document, or share a simple family photo album, there’s no need to spend money on an expensive paid service. Most people don’t need terabytes of storage …

SOS Online Backup Shutters Unlimited Storage Plan

Posted on April 12 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

SOS Online Backup has discontinued their unlimited storage plan and added new pricing to their website.

IDrive Smart Docs Adds Document Scanning to iOS

Posted on April 1 2016 by Geoff Akerlund

IDrive released the Smart Docs app for iOS recently, adding the ability to scan documents and upload them directly to the cloud.

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