The Geek Squad is providing managed online backup services through a company called Data Deposit Box. Now, Data Deposit Box is seeking resellers to support its online backup services. Will any managed service providers take the bait?
According to Data Deposit Box, the reseller program is “the first of its kind in the online storage industry.” That’s quite a lofty claim, considering how many online backup providers service the MSP sector. The company goes on to say that resellers working with Data Deposit box will be able to “more efficiently manage billing, reporting and administration for their customer accounts.”
Admittedly, I haven’t taken a close look at Data Deposit Box’s solutions. I’m curious to know if MSPmentor’s readers will give Data Deposit Box’s reseller program a look. If it’s good enough for Geek Squad, is it good enough for MSPs?
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For $2/GB per month they’re going to have a tough road. Especially when offsite storage from Amazon is 15 cents/GB per month (you can get Jungledisk for free and play with it) or get a complete solution from zmanda. And Mozy charges $5 for unlimited. I don’t see them getting very far.
Bruce: Good points across the board. I am hearing mixed feedback about Amazon’s S3 storage service, but I tend to believe they’ll get it right and crush some of the commodity players…