Microsoft develops Internet service for the storage of the information

21st April 2006

Quite possible, Microsoft Corporation in the very near future will open the new online service, intended for storing user data. On Microsoft's plans the creation of the Internet depository of information - reported the director of corporation for the technologies Rey Ozzi in the interview for Fortune periodical. It is assumed that the service with the name Live Drive will be able to contain the actually unlimited volume of data. Subscribers, in particular, can store on Microsoft servers their musical collections, films, documents, etc. Access to the files can be obtained at any time, from any point of the terrestial globe and from any computer (naturally, with the condition of the presence of connection to the Internet). Plans of creation of the online depository of the data Microsoft nurture, at least, two years. Thus, as early as 2004 the information appeared about the fact that the corporation was intended to neglect the service of reserve storage of files for the enterprises of the small and mid-sized business, reports Microsoft-Watch. Thus far nothing is known on the period of the starting of Live Drive service. It is remarkable, that analogous service can be opened by Google company. In the beginning of past month where were rumors in the Internet, that Google plans to create the global online depository of information, capable of containing in practice all user files. Moreover clients can obtain access to these data from any devices, built on the base of different program platforms. True, itself Google in no way on commenting information about the possible creation of a similar system.