Bitcasa cloud service can become a serious competitor to Dropbox

Currently, more and more people store their data on the web. Some services offer quite reliable file storages where data will be safe. In addition, user-accessible volumes of such vaults are constantly expanding. But of course, you have to pay for everything, and sometimes the monthly fee for the right to work with a particular repository is quite high. The new "cloud" service Bitcasa provides dimensionless storage for user files, it will cost $ 10 per month.

This price, as far as can be judged, is quite adequate for such a service. Bitcasa developers have already explained why the monthly fee is so low. The fact is that the service uses the technology of searching for duplicate files uploaded by users. The large files that people keep in the cloud are usually movies and music, and such data is usually 60% of the files stored by average users. Technologies that allow to avoid duplication of files stored on the service + compression technologies provide substantial savings in the service file space. As a result, the monthly fee is reduced to $ 10 per month.
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Bitcasa service is different from analogs. Firstly, the files that are stored here can only be accessible to users of the service; they cannot be shared with anyone. Secondly, all files are encrypted, and no copyright holder, even with a strong desire, will be able to detect copyrighted data. Encryption of files takes place on the client side, so that the administration will not be able to help the rightholders either, if they ask for help in identifying offenses.

You can listen to the downloaded music or movie directly from the Web, without a new download to your local disk. This is also another plus for the service.

Bitcasa was created by former employees of companies such as Classmates.com, MasterCard and VeriSign. And the other day the service received $ 1.3 million investment. Among the investors who provided the funds is CrunchFund, an investment fund founded by the creator of the techclog TechCrunch.

The service is still in beta testing and unavailable for everyone. There is a system of invites, you can request an invite here . In the future, the developers plan to release a mobile version of the service.

Via CNET