Is Google Planning ‘Gstor’ Storage Service? November 28, 2007

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The fledgling online storage market could soon get a shock kick up the arse as the rumour mill goes into overdrive today about new Google plans.

According to Wall St. Journal reports, Google could introduce a significant online storage service – think of it as Gstor, why not - that would allow people to store everything on their PCs online, allowing access from any number of devices using a password. Let’s not even mention the security implications.

Quoting Google deep throats, users would get some storage for free and then pay for greater amounts – although pricing details are unavailable. Google already offers some free storage to Gmail users but this would be a dedicated service for all. It could launch as soon as in early next year.

Google is certainly the not the first in the online storage space but it will be the biggest and could drive the market for Web-based storage. Jump now to see a chart of some of the main online storage players.-Martin Lynch

[WSJ]

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