After a legal battle with British Sky Broadcasting, better known as BSkyB, Microsoft has announced that they will be changing the name of their cloud storage solution \u201cSkyDrive\u201d to \u201cOneDrive.\u201d\u00a0 Skydrive launched in 2007, and has grown to be a competitor among other online storage solutions such as Google Drive and Dropbox.\u00a0 If you use Skydrive you will notice a change soon in the name, as Sky Broadcasting has given Microsoft a \u201creasonable amount of time\u201d to switch to their new name.<\/p>\n
Microsoft never being one to be set back is attempting to see this as an opportunity instead of a problem.\u00a0 They have unveiled the new name for their cloud storage solution OneDrive, but have promised that the name won\u2019t be the only change.\u00a0 This is a chance for Microsoft to wipe their slate clean, allowing them to polish their product and fine tune it.<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e4NsPPUDjyU<\/p>\n
Skydrive has had lots of competition with companies like Google, Apple, and Amazon.\u00a0 The online storage market is becoming more and more competitive as time goes by.\u00a0 A rebranding may be the edge Microsoft needs to compete with the other companies.<\/p>\n
According to a 2013 study by Strategy Analytics, Apple\u2019s iCloud leads the market in users.\u00a0 This very well may be due to the mass amount of iPhones and iPads that are sold with the service pre-installed, but impressive nonetheless.\u00a0 Other leaders in the market were Dropbox, Amazon Cloud Drive, and Google Drive.\u00a0 Skydrive and the many other options have struggled to reach a top spot among the competition.<\/p>\n
Soon the changes to come along with \u201cOneDrive\u201d will be announced, and I am excited to see what Microsoft brings to the table.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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