Top Cloud Storage Services for Small Business Servers

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Top Cloud Storage Services for Small Business
Servers
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Need of a Cloud storage services
Emerging towards the need of all business growth
that resembles on covering various factors such
as capability to access, share, and protect their
company's data, particularly at points when the
storage capacity is limited accordingly to manage
on-site technology resources. Before
cloud-computing, individuals stored their
personal data on hard drives and memory cards.
But computers and mobile phones can be easily
damaged or lost, and may require physical
proximity to the device in order to access the
stored data. Businesses have stored their data on
large-sized servers hosted in dedicated data
centers.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazons AWS offers a wide range of cloud hosting
services. Plans include Pay as you go, Pay less
when you reserve, Pay even less per unit by using
more, Pay even less as AWS grows, and Custom
pricing. Pay as you go allows one to pay only
for the resources actually used, without any long
term commitments or upfront costs. The Pay less
when you reserve plan allows one to invest in
reserved capacity, and later get discounts and
savings
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Box
Box for business offers features such as secure
file sharing, enterprise-level security, file
sync, cross platforms, IT and admin controls,
reporting and dedicated technical support. Their
personal plan is free, offering 10GB of storage,
and the personal pro plan costs 11.5 per month
for 100 GB storage. Business plans include a
starter plan costing 6 per user per month with
100GB of storage for 17 per user per month, and
with at least three users, businesses can get
unlimited storage
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Dropbox
Dropbox claims to serve more than 100,000
businesses through their Dropbox for business
cloud-hosting solutions. Hyatt, Yahoo!, Macquarie
Bank and National Geographic Channel are a few of
the well-known brands in Dropboxs esteemed
clients list. Beyond the cross-platform sharing,
storage, sync, backup and seamless integration
features, Dropbox allows file sharing even with
users who dont have a Dropbox account.
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JustCloud
JustCloud offers more than 50 features including
an admin control panel, network drives, access
and permission management, geo-redundant storage,
file versioning, and hourly backup. The business
plan costs 35.94 per month and includes 100GB of
storage for five computers, while the enterprise
plan costs 71.94 per month and includes 500GB of
storage space for 20 computers
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ownCloud for Business
The ownCloud for Business app provides universal
access to your files via the web, your computer
or your mobile devices - wherever you are. The
ownCloud app is integrated with the ClearOS user
interface and allows you to sync and share data
privately between users or publically to remote
users. You can give people access to your latest
documents, drawings or anything else you want
them to see. It is your data and your own
personal private cloud, kept under your control.
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Open Drive
OpenDrive offers a vast suite of features under
its business plan, including data management,
project and workflow management, and user
management. Data management offers the standard
data storage, sync and backup features, while
project management offers online Office suite
which supports more than 17 different file types
for direct editing. Powerful desktop software and
apps which work across Windows, Mac and Android
platforms are available.