Datto
Datto, a Norwalk, Conn.-based provider of data protection and business continuity offerings, is preparing to unveil DattoDrive, a new cloud-based file sync and share service based on the company's own 180-petabyte cloud. With DattoDrive, Datto's channel partners can offer customers a free terabyte of cloud-based capacity for a full year. Starting in the second year, the service will cost customers $10 per terabyte.
Datto told CRN the idea is to get customers hooked on a true enterprise-class alternative to Dropbox, Box and so on. Partners can bring in potential clients, while Datto will pass leads to its channel partners. The goal is to use a low-cost service to attract customers to Datto's and partners' other services.
