I hestitated to post this news release, but after reading it I think it will provide some humor for the rest of the week. When you hear the word “iCloud” what company do you think of? If you said Apple you would be in the large majority of what people would say. But there is apparently another company called iCloud Inc. that now sells online backup. Do you think that will cause confusion in the marketplace? From what I can tell they appear to be another Livedrive reseller but I can’t confirm that and I am not willing to give them any of my money to find out.
Besides the fact that they seem to want to be confused with Apple’s iCloud, which will probably get them a cease and desist letter shortly, I found a couple other interesting things in their whois data alone. Their press release states they have been in business since 2000, but the whois data says the domain was created June 13, 2011. The announcement by Apple about iCloud happened on June 6, 2011. A little to much of a coincidence. The domain name was also bought using a proxy to keep the ownership data private, while that is not unheard of it is surprising since they have a contact information on the website. Granted when a business starts and when the domain name is registered do not always happen at the same time.
I will include the press release below for you to read it. If anyone has more information about this company leave a comment.
iCloudDrive For Business
The online storage service offers rich productivity tools while keeping your corporate information safe, secure and available on every device
Today’s organizations demand efficient and cost-effective workflow to enhance their competitive edge. iCloud Inc. provides enterprise innovation through the ease-of-use and power of iCloudDrive, a simple way to manage and share information at scale.  With Backup, Briefcase and Pro Suite solutions designed for the consumer market, iCloudDrive for Business brings powerful backup, collaboration and rich sharing features.
iCloudDrive for Business provides a complete online storage solution for businesses regardless of size worldwide. You can back-up all of your PCs in your office, and your team can access their files from anywhere, share files and collaborate on documents.  With iCloudDrive for Business you have complete control over your company’s files through the set-up of individual permissions, control sharing, and monitoring on any part of the system. Based on the WebDAV standard, iCloudDrive is easy to use for both mobile devices and laptops while also providing security levels internal, behind-the-firewall networks can provide.
iCloud provides a simple way to manage and share information at scale offering exceedingly large storage space offerings.  Business Express subscribers start with 2TB (2048GB) of storage for 3 users and can add more space and users as needed.  The cost is $456.00 a year or $38.00/month an extremely competitive offering that is fast and doesn’t restrict the number of computers you use. Business Standard is designed with ten users in mind and provides 10TB (10,240GB) storage for $1500.00/year or $125/month, a tremendous offering for businesses at $150.00/person/year. For clients that sign up for longer than a year, an additional 10%- 20% savings are presented.
iCloudDrive offers rich productivity business-related tools for corporate use; file-syncing services, backup features, and collaboration features that are like a powerful shared network drive. Every employee can have their own private space or team folders can be created that enable groups of colleagues to easily work together on the same files on all your office computers with complete central administrator control. Sharing features offer a great alternative to e-mailing files through a more reliable, more manageable and more professional way.  All of iCloudDrive services come with a full Money-Back Guarantee providing you with added peace of mind as you get in Cloud control.
About iCloud Inc.
Founded in 2000, iCloud Inc. brings continuous innovation and high-performing Cloud solutions for everyone. iCloud solutions improve business performance and provide clients with a compelling competitive advantage. iCloud services include medical imaging iCloud WebPACS, document management iCloud DOCS, full data back-up and recovery iCloudXchange and all-in-one iCloudDrive for the enterprise and consumer markets. iCloud is passionate about the value intelligent cloud excellence and innovation brings keeping information safe, secure and internet accessible.  For more information visit www.i-cloudinc.com or email us at [email protected].
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