We often talk about how IDrive out-performs other services by 25-30% in the area of backup/restore speed and we thought to let you in on a few of the reasons why: 1. The IDrive platform is built and maintained by us. Why is this important? Well, there are more online backup “companies” out there than […]
Here is a direct pick from the recent ComputerWorld article. “After the Sidekick near-disaster, mobile phone users might be wondering if they should ever trust any cloud services to protect their vital data. On the face of it, there are some obvious lessons to be learned from the Sidekick snafu, even as Microsoft Corp. […]
IDrive has introduced IDrive Compute, a reliable, high-performance VPS hosting solution with a newly built-out network of 20 US based Edge Computing locations. IDrive® Compute enables developers and businesses to host multiple NVMe-powered instances on an infrastructure loaded with powerful physical servers and robust hardware resources, all managed off-premise. IDrive® Compute’s Edge locations improve efficiency […]
When we launched IDrive back in 2007, the idea was to give you the most feature-packed and cost-effective backup solution for protecting data on all of your internet enabled devices. Now, to celebrate our 10th anniversary, we want to give users of competing backup services the opportunity to join us at a hugely discounted rate, […]
It’s been another eventful past few months in the backup world. Here’s the latest news from IDrive… Back-to-back Wins of PCMag Award Every year PCMag compares the leading backup solutions to find out who’s offering the best cloud backup in the industry. The grading system takes into consideration usability, security, backup speeds, features, and more. […]
You’ve probably never thought to ask what life would be like without encryption, but recently governments including the UK and India have flirted with policies that beg the question. These policies would require companies to add a backdoor to encryption through which law enforcement agencies can slip in order to hunt suspected terrorists. But these […]
This week President Obama took a stand on net neutrality, calling on the Federal Communications Commission to classify the internet a public utility. Since this is a big topic that will affect the tech industry in a big way, we wanted to express our support for net neutrality. Why? We think it’s important to keep […]
The rumor on campus is true, IDrive is now offering 50% off on all accounts (personal AND business level) to students, faculty, and schools/colleges/universities! You just need to sign up with a valid education domain based email address. Plus, the discount applies for the life of the account! That could be FOREVER, if you […]
You may have heard the rumor train passing by, sounding the arrival of the IDrive Express: a physical storage shipment service available for faster backup and simple retrieval of data, up to 1TB. It’s making personal stops, right at your front door. What does that mean for you? No more waiting! No one likes […]
