HP Upline Gets Disconnected, Heads To The Deadpool
Well, that didn't last long. HP's Upline, a backup service that offered unlimited storage for $59/year, is closing its doors. Since launching last April, Upline has faced issues with extended downtimes - a pretty major offense for a backup solution. But it's likely the ultimate reason for the shutdown is that Upline was never really able to get much traction in a crowded space with very little in the way of differentiation. That said, there's clearly money to be made in online storage, as evidenced by Hitachi's recent acquisition of storage and backup solution Fabrik this week and EMC's $76 million acquisition of Mozy in 2007.
Below is the letter sent to HP Upline users, who will have until March 31 to download their files. In a classy move, it looks like HP is going to refund any fees customers have paid for the service.
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