beta: myfabrik.com – online media storage

Posted on | July 14, 2006 | No Comments

Fabrik – founded by two ex-Maxtor-employees – is a web-service offering cheap online media-storage to end-users, similar to products like fluxiom or Earthlinks WebLife. according to TechCrunch, Fabrik will offer data-plans starting at 3 US$/month for 2 GBytes of data and unlimited traffic – compared to the 110 US$ fluxiom charges for 3 GByte that’s quite a bargain. this also indicates, that both companies target different audiences.

feature-wise, Fabrik – currently in closed beta – looks promising: mass-upload of files is accomplished through a java-applet. files are categorized in pictures, music, videos and documents and can be tagged in addition. Fabrik-owners can keep files privately or share them with the general public. an integrated user-/group-management allows granular assignment of permissions.

Fabrik also plans to offer optional integration with NAS-devices by Maxtor. assuming that the local storage-device is automatically synchronized to a Fabrik-account, I think this feature would make perfect sense for small and medium-sized enterprises. when in-house, users can access data fast and without the need of a web-interface. on the road, they could access all data through the Fabrik-interface. however, Fabrik’s website doesn’t unveil details on such features yet, and it’s arguable if Fabrik will be able to offer its service at business-quality at this low rates.

 

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