ZumoDrive
Developer(s) | Zecter, Inc. |
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Initial release | February 2009 |
Preview release | 0.989
/ June 21, 2010 |
File hosting service | |
Website | zumodrive.com (Offline) |
ZumoDrive is a defunct
History
ZumoDrive was created by the
The company received seed funding from
On December 22, 2010, Zecter announced its acquisition by Motorola Mobility.[1]
Zumodrive announced that its service would no longer be available as of June 1, 2012[9] although users of the HP, CruzSync, and Toshiba branded services were initially unaffected.
Functionality
While ZumoDrive functioned as a file synchronization and storage service, it employed an approach that allows content in the cloud to appear local to the filesystem.
The ZumoDrive service was a unique file sync and storage service in that content appears local to the
Criticism
Slow broadband connection speeds can make streaming large files, such as movies to mobile and other remote devices difficult.[11]
While ZumoDrive encrypts transport of all content with 256-bit SSL, and stores that content encrypted on Amazon S3 servers, that content is still accessible to ZumoDrive administrators.[18][19]
See also
- List of online backup services
- Comparison of online backup services
- File synchronization
- File hosting service
- Cloud computing
References
- ^ a b "Zecter Acquired by Motorola Mobility". ZumoDrive. Retrieved 2010-12-26.
- ^ a b "ZumoDrive: About Us". ZumoDrive. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ Rao, Leena (16 March 2010). "ZumoDrive Brings Cloud Storage And Syncing Application To Android And Palm Devices". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2010-03-27.
- ^ a b Tofel, Kevin C. "ZumoDrive Public Beta Adds iPhone Music Streaming, Cheaper Clouds". GigaOM. Knowingly. Archived from the original on 2009-11-28. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ Ha, Peter (25 February 2009). "ZumoDrive Goes Live, iPhone App Tags Along". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ Tofel, Kevin C. "ZumoDrive Expands: Linux Client, Proxy Support, Yahoo! Mail Integration". jkOnTheRun. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ a b c Rao, Leena (6 January 2010). "ZumoDrive Lands Deal With HP To Power Storage And Syncing On Mini Netbooks". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Rao, Leena (14 December 2009). "ZumoDrive Lands $1.5 Million For Cloud Storage And Syncing Application". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
- ^ "ZumoDrive Shutdown FAQ". Retrieved 2011-02-27.
- ^ a b Jackson, Jerry. "ZumoDrive Review". NotebookReview.com. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ a b Macleod, Ewan (17 January 2009). "ZumoDrive is going to change EVERYTHING". Mobile Industry Review. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- IDG. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ a b Mossberg, Walt. "ZumoDrive Service Is a Silver Lining In 'Cloud' Storage". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ Arrington, Michael (16 January 2009). "ZumoDrive Takes Cloud Storage and Syncing Up a Notch". TechCrunch. AOL. Retrieved 2009-11-26.
- ^ Overcash, Cody. "ZumoDrive Beta Review". ModMyi. Retrieved 2009-11-30.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (6 January 2010). "ZumoDrive brings its cloud storage to HP netbooks". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Tofel, Kevin C. "HP Mini Netbooks with CloudDrive Have Nearly Limitless Storage". jkOnTheRun. Retrieved 2010-01-06.
- ^ Percival, Colin. "ZumoDrive rolls a hard six". Retrieved 2010-03-29.
- ^ "ZumoDrive rolls a hard six (Discussion)". Hacker News. Retrieved 2010-04-23.