Drobo and Pogoplug Partner

Drobo, Inc. and Pogoplug (Cloud Engines, Inc.), creators of streaming and sharing devices, announced a partnership to deliver a personal cloud solution for anytime, anywhere access to files.

Drobo customers will have access to free cloud storage, remote file access and digital media streaming using Pogoplug Cloud, a service recently announced.

Using Pogoplug Cloud, customers can turn their Drobo into a multi-terabyte private cloud that provides secure, remote access to their digital library of documents, movies, photographs, games and music files. The agreement between Drobo and Pogoplug also provides Drobo users with 10GB of free public cloud storage – for syncing valuable files between Drobo and the cloud.

"Small business, professionals and consumers already store large collections of files on their Drobo," said Tom Buiocchi, CEO of Drobo. "Adding remote access, media streaming and other cloud capabilities turns the Drobo into the ultimate personal cloud – combining the simple, reliable storage Drobo users have come to expect with the flexibility and freedom of the cloud."

Designed for customers who require storage capacity without the complexity and price of legacy storage, Drobo delivers a storage solutions for professionals and businesses. Every Drobo is powered by the patented BeyondRAID technology, that automates traditional storage challenges such as data protection, capacity expansion and application performance optimization.

"Digital media content has exploded as a major part of our lives, but requires huge amounts of storage," said Daniel Putterman, CEO and co-founder of Cloud Engines. "The partnership with Drobo delivers a seamless hybrid cloud experience for professionals and consumers alike to access and stream stored digital media and personal content."

Pogoplug Cloud provides secure storage of digital media from any location, enabling users to access, share and stream their content from a mobile or connected device. Together Drobo and Pogoplug Cloud offer customers with large personal media files remote access to these files under the security of linking a Drobo appliance to a personal cloud.