Wells Fargo goes Cloud - with vSafe Data Storage
Posted by: Brandon Steili on Jun 25 2008
So, I’m sitting at home tonight minding my own business when yet another email from the spammers - I mean bankers - at Wells Fargo comes into my inbox. Honestly, if these folks sent as many paper letters as they do emails the rainforest would have been long gone by now. But anyway … in the spirit of our newly re-launched site - and our new found Seinfeld-esk lack of focus on anything specific beyond "mobile", I though this might make for an interesting post. I know Doug mentioned we would be starting the delve into "cloud" applications pretty soon but let me assure you this is not the start of the delving. This is more of a post to lead to a question. But first I shall bore you with the details:
- Encrypted Transmission (and an optional RSA Token! if you’re that hardcore)
- Proven Backup and Recovery Systems - DUH! They’re a fricking bank!
- Online storage and anywhere access for all your things digital - including but not limited to PDF, DOC, MP3, JPG … anything you find valuable.
- Data Storage levels of 1GB, 3GB and 6GB
- Free Trial! … and more. But I’m too lazy to put it all here. Costs are "reasonable" considering the level of security you should be getting with 1GB running about $4.95 up to 14.95 for 6GB. Launching in late July.
So, this leads me to a couple questions. Do you do online backup? If you do - which would you prefer — unlimited data storage from say Mozy for $4.95/mo and "decent" security, or Fort Knox level security at a much lower storage level? And if you’re not doing online backup - what’s keeping you from putting your data out there in the "cloud"?
From Wells Fargo vSafe
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Good question, Brandon. Personally, I have been using syncplicity lately. It is free and has unlimited storage. I don’t put anything super secret in there, so security is no big deal for me.
Doug
My problem is I have nothing that’s overly important. The few things I do have that I consider important (like tax return stuff) I really don’t know that I want them on someone else’s server for storage. I guess I’ll have start thinking about it though. With a couple hundred GB of stuff on my drives and a ton of music I can’t imagine having to replace it all.
Why not put it all on on a portable hard drive? I know that seems simple but some of the drives at 500 GB aren’t that expensive any more. Fort Knox it may not be but it’s there and it’s yours