Dropbox is a very popular cloud storage service. Users use it to store photos, files, and other materials, and access them from computers, cell phones, or other devices. But Dropbox can do much more than that, according to Dropbox founder Drew Houston.
1. Enterprises can replace some it facilities with Dropbox. The Charleston Symphony Orchestra recently stored their email and server data on Dropbox, and then they drove away redundant it maintainers.
2. Dropbox makes it easier for people to work from home. More and more people use Dropbox to store their family photos while using them to store files in their work.
3. File transfer in different system equipment. For example, you order music on Apple itunes, but your phone is Android, and you can use Dropbox to relay it.
In addition, Houston hinted that Dropbox would better upload and manage various files. Later, Dropbox not only can store photos and other files, but also store photos of metadata, location information and other data, for example, based on this information for the 10 miles around the location of the photos taken by other people, it is more like a social network.
Dropbox's main competitors include Box.net, Carbonite, Backblaze, but Dropbox is clearly one step ahead. The company has just completed a new round of 250 million dollars in financing, from April this year to now, the company's users from 25 million to 45 million people.
(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)