The Optical SMART Hub helps extend the storage on devices by acting as a personal cloud.
Other companies have already brought their own versions of personal cloud computing to market.
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Latching onto the cloud computing trend, Huberman is pushing the concept of a personal cloud.
Microsoft, with no articulated vision for personal cloud and Windows 8 expected sometime in 2012, lags significantly.
In adopting their own personal cloud computing-based applications, employees are now driving their organizations to cloud as well.
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Apple leading Google on personal cloud innovation, while Microsoft, despite many assets, lags.
We expect Amazon, Facebook, and other major players to pursue personal cloud strategies.
The notion of personal cloud computing is one that Asus Chairman Jonney Shih has been touting for several months.
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For small businesses, he sees potential cost savings from the personal cloud approach.
In addition, our recent acquisition of NewBay further expands our market share, our Personal Cloud platform functionality and our customer relationships.
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Almost simultaneous implementation of personal cloud features in both Mac OS X Lion and iOS 5, with some support for Windows.
Apple is innovating on par with the most notable startups in the personal cloud space, such as Dropbox, Box.net, and Evernote.
At the CES conference in early January 2013 Seagate and Kingston demonstrated their WiFi, battery powered portable storage devices (personal cloud devices).
It also operates Ubuntu One, a cross-platform personal cloud service for consumers.
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Built-in cloud technology with choice of EMC Atmos cloud connector, EMC Avamar data deduplication (StorCenter px2-300d models only), Mozy Pro, Amazon S3 and Iomega Personal Cloud technology.
There is no easy way, for example, to access photos, music or video from a personal cloud or entertainment subscription when away from a PC, smartphone or tablet.
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Advanced data replication features allow for easy protection of files to and from attached USB drives or any network share, including invited members of your Iomega Personal Cloud.
Canonical's personal cloud service, Ubuntu One, provides storage and media services, file sharing and a secure transaction service which enables partners to integrate their own service offerings easily.
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Built on Dell Wyse software technology already used on millions of devices, Project Ophelia transforms ordinary displays into a window to entertainment, communications and a person's own personal cloud.
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Finally, the bowl-shaped device comes with a "ceramic-style" finish to complement your mantelpiece, from where it can frown down upon cheaper, fatter alternatives like Toshiba's Canvio Personal Cloud.
"As personal cloud services become ubiquitous and broadband speeds increase, there's very little reason for many consumers to use an optical drive on their computer going forward, " Gartenberg said.
Rather, the personal cloud will take on that role.
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Embedding personal cloud support deep into the Mac OS X and iOS, with APIs for developers, to create a seamless experience across all apps, rather than the separate experience of an add-on service.
With iCloud Apple hit the afterburners. iCloud is a comprehensive service that puts most (eventually all?) of your data in a personal cloud that syncs across your desktop and mobile devices and archives in the cloud.
SlingSync, a feature of My Media, acts like a personal cloud that allows Slingbox 500 customers to archive and store their captured moments onto a secure, compact USB drive while creating more space on their smartphone to collect new ones.
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"At SugarSync, we think the mobile experience is very important for users, which is why we have been the leader in mobile innovation for personal cloud and support more mobile devices and platforms than any other Cloud provider, " said Laura Yecies, CEO of SugarSync.
Plug the device into the mains, a router and a hard drive, and it becomes a personal storage cloud.
In essence these devices offer a very convenient personal storage cloud.
On the other hand, less demand for dedicated devices had helped Amazon, which already established a strong brand presence with Kindle as part of a much larger personal-cloud ecosystem.
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