Peer networks go to the personal level
Nowadays, P2P services are entering the next stage of their development. Instead of the semi-hacker technology of the past, simple as boots of a utility for the mass user are born. These programs are designed for the most common users who have little understanding of computer technology. Such people only need to occasionally send and read an e-mail, as well as send some file to their relatives: for example, a photo or video. The second task is solved by these purely utilitarian services of the new generation, which we are talking about. Business 2.0 magazine has published a small review of new P2P startups , with an analysis of their functionality, cost of service and business model.
Previously, the average user only needed email. Now he has a hard drive under the zadyaku packed with photos and videos of their own making. Naturally, he seeks to share this "wealth" with loved ones, but does not want to go to some sites for this and spread the content in universal access. He needs something simple, like email. What was required to prove: we clearly matured the demand for easy-to-use file-sharing services.
P2P startups of the new generation were not long in coming. While the peer companies of the past generation die in agony while paying fines , the new generation of P2P services is building up pretty bright prospects. At the same time they use all the same well-known peer-to-peer technologies and protocols.
This is a personal P2P-services, which are designed for file sharing in a narrow circle of colleagues, friends, relatives. Some of these programs are built around centralized servers, others provide a true “peer-to-peer”.
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Statistics only confirms the fact that there is a demand for their services. For example, the newly created network YouSendIt every day passes 30 terabytes of files through itself. Another MediaMax service ( Streamload company) sends 3 million files per day and stores 650 TB of user data on a central server.
Venture capitalists also took the hint. The most savvy have already managed to invest in P2P startups. Over the past two years, the company Fabrik raised $ 12 million, the company Pando - $ 11 million, YouSendIt - $ 5 million.
Business on P2P does not bring big money yet. The maximum that American startups could earn (all of them are private, there is no question of entering the stock exchange), this is from $ 1 million to $ 3.5 million a year for paid services. It doesn't even pay off their expenses. TransMedia is the only company that announced its release to a plus.
In general, the personal P2P services market is still young and is developing very fast. The companies listed below seek not so much to earn capital as to stake out a place in the market (for example, they distribute up to 25 GB of disk space for free), and profits will come later. It is interesting that physically these startups are scattered around the world: for example, AllPeers offices are located in Prague and London, and the founders of Zapr live in Singapore.
Allpeers
Works via the BitTorrent protocol through an extension to the Firefox browser
Price : Free
Business model : percentage of the sale of media files in its peer-to-peer network, payment for content delivery from publishers to users
Glide effortless
Works through a special web program or through a smartphone
Price : 300 MB free, $ 5 per month for 1 GB, $ 10 per month for 4 GB
Business model : paid subscription, license fees
Mediamax
Stores digital photos and other files on a central server
Price : 25 GB free, $ 5-30 per month for 100-1000 GB
Business model : paid subscription, license fees, advertising
Myfabrik
Transfers links to files stored on a central server.
Price : 1 GB free, 49 cents per month for each additional gigabyte
Business model : paid subscription, license fees
Pando
Small BitTorrent e-mail attachments initiate a BitTorrent session with the server
Price : Free
Business model : pay for content delivery, advertising
Yousendit
Transfers links to files uploaded to the server, which are stored for 14 days; business oriented
Price : 100 MB free, $ 5-30 per month for exceeding the limit
Business Model : Paid Subscription
Zapr
Creates a URI for any folder or file on your computer
Price : Free
Business Model : Advertising
Previously, the average user only needed email. Now he has a hard drive under the zadyaku packed with photos and videos of their own making. Naturally, he seeks to share this "wealth" with loved ones, but does not want to go to some sites for this and spread the content in universal access. He needs something simple, like email. What was required to prove: we clearly matured the demand for easy-to-use file-sharing services.
P2P startups of the new generation were not long in coming. While the peer companies of the past generation die in agony while paying fines , the new generation of P2P services is building up pretty bright prospects. At the same time they use all the same well-known peer-to-peer technologies and protocols.
This is a personal P2P-services, which are designed for file sharing in a narrow circle of colleagues, friends, relatives. Some of these programs are built around centralized servers, others provide a true “peer-to-peer”.
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Statistics only confirms the fact that there is a demand for their services. For example, the newly created network YouSendIt every day passes 30 terabytes of files through itself. Another MediaMax service ( Streamload company) sends 3 million files per day and stores 650 TB of user data on a central server.
Venture capitalists also took the hint. The most savvy have already managed to invest in P2P startups. Over the past two years, the company Fabrik raised $ 12 million, the company Pando - $ 11 million, YouSendIt - $ 5 million.
Business on P2P does not bring big money yet. The maximum that American startups could earn (all of them are private, there is no question of entering the stock exchange), this is from $ 1 million to $ 3.5 million a year for paid services. It doesn't even pay off their expenses. TransMedia is the only company that announced its release to a plus.
In general, the personal P2P services market is still young and is developing very fast. The companies listed below seek not so much to earn capital as to stake out a place in the market (for example, they distribute up to 25 GB of disk space for free), and profits will come later. It is interesting that physically these startups are scattered around the world: for example, AllPeers offices are located in Prague and London, and the founders of Zapr live in Singapore.
Allpeers
Works via the BitTorrent protocol through an extension to the Firefox browser
Price : Free
Business model : percentage of the sale of media files in its peer-to-peer network, payment for content delivery from publishers to users
Glide effortless
Works through a special web program or through a smartphone
Price : 300 MB free, $ 5 per month for 1 GB, $ 10 per month for 4 GB
Business model : paid subscription, license fees
Mediamax
Stores digital photos and other files on a central server
Price : 25 GB free, $ 5-30 per month for 100-1000 GB
Business model : paid subscription, license fees, advertising
Myfabrik
Transfers links to files stored on a central server.
Price : 1 GB free, 49 cents per month for each additional gigabyte
Business model : paid subscription, license fees
Pando
Small BitTorrent e-mail attachments initiate a BitTorrent session with the server
Price : Free
Business model : pay for content delivery, advertising
Yousendit
Transfers links to files uploaded to the server, which are stored for 14 days; business oriented
Price : 100 MB free, $ 5-30 per month for exceeding the limit
Business Model : Paid Subscription
Zapr
Creates a URI for any folder or file on your computer
Price : Free
Business Model : Advertising
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/4640/
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