Free + big space, cloud storage "The remnant is king"

How busy are the users of the recent network disk? First heard Jinshan fast disk free space 100G, hurriedly down a; then see 360 of the network Disk 360 g free. No, and see Baidu Network Disk said permanent free 2 T, immediately under a; in the afternoon and see Keso in micro-Bo said Tencent Micro Cloud free to pick up 10 t space, hurriedly and under a ....

Must be feeling, Tencent's micro-cloud is quite scary. Terrible first not 10 t space, it is the ability to capture and save related documents; After downloading the micro-cloud into QQ account password, found that the default appeared 18 pictures and 37 documents, these picture documents are almost completely forgotten by me, probably should be 05 and 06 information ... I don't know if it's swollen. It appears in the micro-cloud storage. Tencent's friends said there may be from the previous QQ hard disk or file transfer station, and so on, the feeling is not entirely, not clear, challenging the memory of things, tired.

Well, thanks to the micro cloud, you can find some lost memories, although there is not much good feeling.

Cloud storage Everyone should be not unfamiliar, the network disk is more or less will use.

I don't know how many active individual user groups are in cloud storage, but it's a good market for manufacturers to announce tens of millions of of their users at any rate. From my own point of view, I use cloud storage from time to time, such as Sina's micro-disk, but not very active.

The main reason is to use the cloud storage time, most of the network is not a slow speed, but also the use of mobile storage to facilitate, U disk or mobile hard disk in fact, or the use of a very high frequency, especially large documents and photos of the storage.

Foreign netizens are not so happy to enjoy so many free services, such as the well-known independent cloud storage Dropbox and Microsoft SkyDrive, Google Cloud hard disk, Amazon's cloud storage services, etc. have relatively clear business model, a small amount of space for free, redundant fees.

The main personal cloud storage Dropbox For example, 2007 was established to now has developed 175 million users. Dropbox using the basis of Free + business model beyond the charge, free space is about 200G, after more than part of the 100G charge is dozens of U.S. dollars ....

SkyDrive is Microsoft's cloud storage products, basic services Free + services (10 USD/year 20GB storage space, 25 USD/year 50GB storage space, and 50 USD/year 100GB storage space), its biggest feature is the binding bar with Office.

With the increase in bandwidth and the rise of mobile internet, cloud storage services began to become popular, users use this kind of business is very convenient, as long as the file can be dragged to the cloud space, and share data with others, and can also switch between different devices.

But there is also the uncertainty of cloud storage that accompanies the use of sex. In contrast to the free and fee-based business model of foreign cloud storage vendors, the days of independent cloud-storage vendors in the country are not so good – the Giants are simply and rudely pushing their own online offerings, rather than mergers or acquisitions, in a field that looks "less technical", It is also a proven "free" stick, adding to the seemingly infinite space.

If the foreign users of the network to save a few documents and photos, then the domestic users can theoretically upload and share high-definition film and television drama works, Tencent Micro-cloud as an example, can basically store a high-definition TV series ...

"Free" large space for cloud storage service providers have put forward higher requirements, early pioneers 115 disk long ago withdrew from the personal storage market, was once handed closed;

Free and large space can be used as a means of early solicitation of users, but the user recruited after the charge? Or look for other business models? Is this a huge burden for the big internet giants?

Keso in Tencent Weibo commented: "Calculate the account: according to the best cost-effective 2TB hard disk calculation, each hard drive minimum needs 500 yuan, a user 10TB need 5 hard disk, 2500 yuan." Assuming the final 20 million users, it will cost 50 billion yuan. Assuming that all data has a backup, it will theoretically take 100 billion yuan. Of course, users are unlikely to be able to fill up 10TB of data or fill them in a short time, so the actual cost is not that much, but it's still scary. ”

What if the business model is a problem for all cloud storage providers after the race in the valley? Charges？ Enterprise market? Or an ad?

Enterprise cloud storage and personal cloud storage is a completely different two markets, for the service and security and confidentiality requirements are too different, circle so many individual users to the enterprise market help is not so big?

The publication of cloud storage Security Clouds, published earlier in the Massachusetts Review of Science and technology, revealed the risks of cloud storage, remote cloud storage and multiple device synchronization, which posed a major challenge to the security of cloud storage providers, and preventing data loss could be the biggest challenge for cloud storage providers.

In fact, before the cloud stores this noun fire, such as mailboxes, online albums, space, etc. already have a considerable "cloud function"; Take the mailbox as an example, as the Internet's most basic services, the early days there are many independent mailbox service providers are quite good, but eventually the global personal mailbox services are concentrated in a small number of giant mailbox services, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, NetEase and Tencent are the largest personal mailbox service providers, the enterprise mailbox market is relatively less concentrated, but at present many enterprise mailbox competitiveness is limited, especially in the space to provide even the larger than personal mailbox-Enterprise mailbox, not just a suffix of the domain name service?

The business model is the key to maintaining the long-term competitiveness of cloud storage providers.

After the free mode has become the mainstream, the convergence of many manufacturers ' business models has caused the market blue sea to become the Red Sea danger. Cloud storage business model is the embodiment of comprehensive ability, not only technology and money, but also patience. From the current market competition, the real Blue Ocean has passed, the Red Sea to fight is the financial resources, to fight the innovation and quality service.

The future of cloud storage, like mailboxes, will eventually be dominated by a handful of giants and become one of the basic services of the mobile Internet; is the cloud storage service in the face of the enterprise market perhaps the direction of independent cloud storage? Use the service to knock open the enterprise market door, should be a better choice.

Another mobile internet domain where the remainder is king.