Humyo

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Humyo

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Humyo logo
Basic data

developer Humyo
Publishing year 2007
Current  version 2.2.2.1
(July 2010)
operating system Microsoft Windows , Mac OS X
category File synchronization
License Proprietary
German speaking Yes
www.humyo.de

Humyo was a company and a file hosting - service . Access was possible via a web interface . For users of the paid premium offer, a client called SmartDrive was offered. The client was available for the Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. On June 14, 2010, Humyo was taken over by Trend Micro .

Since June 2010 the Internet and telephony company Alice-DSL has been offering an online hard drive under the name "Alice Disk" or "Alice SmartDisk". The technology of the product came from Humyo.

functionality

In the free version, access to the online storage was possible via a web interface. Customers of the paid premium product were able to install the SmartDrive client. The installation of the SmartDrive client created a new drive on the computer. In the client, it was possible to set which directories should be automatically synchronized with the online storage.

Products

10 GB of storage space was available free of charge, 5 GB of which could be used for media files (pictures, music, etc.) and 5 GB for other file formats. The Premium product with 100 GB of storage space was offered for € 5.94 per month. The premium annual subscription cost € 59.49. For € 7.94 per month, 100 GB of additional storage space could be purchased.

history

The company was founded in England in January 2007, where the data center was also located, where all data was backed up. There were branches in England, Germany, France and the Czech Republic. Around 600,000 customers used the product. In June 2010, Humyo was acquired by Trend Micro and renamed SafeSync. The SafeSync service was discontinued on January 31, 2017.

Web links

Footnotes and sources

  1. Alice SmartDisk
  2. Products and prices ( Memento of the original dated August 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.humyo.de
  3. Company history of Humyo ( Memento of the original from September 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.humyo.de
  4. Trend Micro takeover ( memento of the original from September 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / press.humyo.com
  5. SafeSync end-of-service