Cloud Storage: Symantec not so cozy call on EMC’s Mozy

This is going to hit EMC hard. Symantec has been inching closer –and that is why it is my favorite Microsoft wannahave company eventually, something which I proposed to some Symantec and Microsoft executives in my last meeting with the at VMworld Cannes 2008. Microsoft needs a solid all-rounder and good turnarounder, Symantec is slowly and gradually beginning to show that it might just go ahead and have that whole pie.

Despite the previous frictions between the two, MSFT could really give it a serious look. I will however propose it again to my compadres again in VMworld Cannes 2009.

Anyways read further…

Symantec Corp (SYMC.O), the world’s top security software maker, will soon launch a Web-based storage service for consumers, joining a market led by EMC Corp’s (EMC.N) Mozy and privately held Carbonite.

Symantec Consumer Division President Janice Chaffin said in an interview on Monday that her company will start offering the new service at the end of next month.

“We think this is something that is going to be a big and growing opportunity,” she told Reuters.

Symantec already offers 2 gigabytes of online storage for consumers as one of the offerings included with its Norton 360 suite of security software, which retails for about $80.

About 30 percent of its Norton 360 customers use the online backup feature. It runs in the background, automatically backing up important documents to Symantec’s data center. They can easily be retrieved if a PC fails or files are accidentally deleted.

Symantec’s new offering will be similar to that service, but will be sold a la carte, Chaffin said. She declined to discuss pricing or product features ahead of the launch.

The small but rapidly growing market is currently dominated by Mozy, which charges $5 a month for unlimited storage, and Carbonite, which sells unlimited storage for $50 per year.

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