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Google's New Business Cloud Storage Takes on Amazon S3

12.10.2011
Google Cloud Storage, , allows you to store your company's business data online for a minimal cost. You can access your data from anywhere, you don't have to engage in costly server hardware management, and the largest tech giant in the world protects your data. All of this opens up cloud data storage to small and medium sized businesses as well as the enterprise-sized companies that were relying on it in the past.

Cloud storage , with Nirvanix and Amazon's S3 service being two of the major pioneers. Since then, Amazon has continued to dominate the space, with other players and offering their own solutions.

Just when you thought Google hadn't taken over enough of the world, it's about to take on the cloud data storage space for enterprises. It's offering for the service--formerly known as Google Storage for Developers--until the end of December. Google is not charging at all for uploading data to your company's cloud, and only charging a maximum of 13 cents per gigabyte per month once you exceed your free trial quota.

By contrast, has much higher rates, while is competitive with Google Cloud Storage. However, where Google offers a free trial until the end of this year, Amazon

The Technical Details

If you want to know more about the capabilities of Google Cloud Storage, its product manager Navneet Joneja covers the finer technical points in the video below. (It was delivered in May, so some of the features mentioned may have changed.)