TC Disrupt:bitcasa, infinite cloud hard drive

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TechCrunch Disrupt introduced the new service Bitcasa put forward a slogan: unlimited storage space. Although Bitcasa is also a cloud storage service, unlike the Dropbox, box.net and SkyDrive we know, it doesn't display icons, you don't have to move files and folders to sync folders. In fact, every time you save a file on your computer, it automatically saves the file in the cloud.

Bitcasa will map your hard drive to the cloud server. As long as the data on the hard disk changes, Bitcasa will be responsible for the hard drive "1" and "0" changes in the "cloud", for example, you download a Mp3 file from the Internet, in fact, for the hard disk is equal to record a section of "10101000101", and Bitsaca work, is to truthfully record "10101000101" on the server. Therefore, the Bitcasa server does not know which name you are saving, which type of file, and you do not know when you saved it, also do not know the contents of the file, it is only a paragraph of "10101000101".

Bitcasa also has file sharing capabilities, as long as you right-click on the appropriate files and folders, you can get a link, you can copy it to IM, Email or other places.
TechCrunch mentions that Bitsaca can also encrypt data, but it attracts readers ' suspicions. Because, Bitcasa in order to save the server space, it uses the duplicate data deletion technology (de-duplicate), cannot use in the encrypted file. Because the encrypted file is not consistent with the original file, the user cannot retrieve the original file. Some people think that if the Bitcasa does not provide the file encryption function, then it and Dropbox provide the service is not different.

Bitcasa says it has 20 patents, and there will be more, and perhaps the secret of encryption and duplicate file deletion is hidden inside. It also offers mobile apps that can be run in the background and, like desktop editions, provide real-time video format conversions that allow your video to play on any device.

The founder of Bitcasa is CEO Tony Gauda, Joel Andren, Kevin Blackham, who worked in MasterCard (MasterCard), VeriSign, Classmates.com, Mozy, That means they come from finance, network security verification, social networking, cloud storage, and more.

Currently, Bitcasa has been invested by Andreeson Horowitz, Round Capital and Pelion Venture, with a total of 1.3 million dollars.

(Responsible editor: Lu Guang)