Primadesk Wants to Be a File Manager for the Cloud
Summary
By integrating with a variety of cloud storage providers, it allows users to access and manage all of their documents through a single interface. While it’s not quite as seamless or as fast as using, say, Finder on OSX (s aapl) or Explorer on Windows (s msft), it does provide a simple and convenient way to search for, and take action on, content that’s stored across many different cloud services. And unlike Joukuu or Gladinet, which are Windows apps that provide similar “cloud file manager” functionality, Primadesk is web-based, and so works cross-platform and on mobile devices. As well as document management, Primadesk can back up documents using Amazon’s S3 cloud storage (s amzn), manage photos stored on Picasa, Flickr (s yhoo), Facebook and other services, and can also offer a unified inbox that can monitor emails from several different accounts. The company also plans to make money by charging OEM license fees for the use of its technology.