One Terabyte of Online Storage at One Low Price
PhotoShelter's Advanced Architecture Provides Inexpensive Online
Storage for Professional Photographers; Subscribers Get One Terabyte of
Storage for $1,000 per Year
NEW YORK, N.Y., March 6, 2007 - BitShelter Inc®, the creator of
PhotoShelter®, a leading online archive and marketplace for
professional photographers, today announced that the company will now
offer one terabyte of redundant storage at a cost of $1,000 per year to
all Standard and Professional PhotoShelter account subscribers. For
less than the price of a typical home-based redundant archiving system,
this offer is perfect for professional photographers who are looking
for a cost-effective way to ensure that their data is safe, without
having to build and maintain their own RAID (Redundant Array of
Independent Disks) systems. In addition, PhotoShelter also offers its
subscribers an equally affordable 500 gigabytes of storage space for
$600 per year.
PhotoShelter provides professional photographers a truly affordable
and robust archive system, along with the tools and resources needed to
turn their image storage into sales. With mirrored datacenters on the
East and West Coasts of the United States each employing RAID
technology, PhotoShelter provides disaster-proof storage that is both
locally and geographically redundant. The system allows for 24-hour
online accessibility, while simultaneously serving as a sales platform
that enables photographers to create galleries, determine fair market
value, sell images, add search capabilities to personal sites and
create RSS syndication feeds. "Our new pricing structure makes PhotoShelter a clear choice
for professional photographers to store their entire image archive
online," said Allen Murabayashi, CEO of Bitshelter Inc. "Photographers
have enough demands placed on them, and worrying about data loss
shouldn't be one of them. For less than the price of a home-based RAID
system, photographers can not only store their images, but integrate
their website, distribute high-resolution images, and license their
full archives as well. PhotoShelter is a complete solution."
PhotoShelter is currently experiencing unprecedented growth in
data uploads, averaging 2.5 TB per week and climbing. As a response to
this growth, BitShelter engineers developed the unique technology to
make this exclusive storage offer possible. The offer is designed for
professional photographers who are regularly required to store their
archives in a secure environment that is accessible anywhere they
travel. PhotoShelter's architecture provides back-up storage with
multiple data centers on the East and West Coasts, ensuring that images
are protected against any possible disaster. With PhotoShelter's
redundant storage system, professional photographers are actually
receiving two terabytes of storage space - extra protection at no extra
cost. "For photographers looking for another layer of securing
their data, not to mention having 24/7 access anywhere you have an
Internet connection, PhotoShelter is the solution. The user interface
and the all of the different abilities to disseminate image files are
priceless. It's clear that a lot of research, planning and thought has
gone into PhotoShelter," said Court Leve, Gravityhook Productions.
"PhotoShelter's one terabyte storage offer is by far the most cost
effective online storage center I have been able to find anywhere.
Their customer service is second to none, with email response time in a
matter of hours, not days or weeks - not to mention that if you do
call, a real live human answers the phone, not a voice mail system. For
professional photographers who are serious about the longevity of their
images, PhotoShelter is a no-brainer."
Photographers with slow connections to the Internet, or those
wishing to avoid the online uploading process entirely, can take
advantage of PhotoShelter's drive upload service. Ship a hard drive
filled with images to PhotoShelter and the images will be deposited
directly into their archive.
Pricing and Availability The one terabyte of data offer is
available today to all Standard ($29.99/month) and Pro PhotoShelter
($49.99/month) account subscribers. This extra storage space can be
added to any of these accounts at the following prices: - One Terabyte of storage: $1,000 per year
- 500 Gigabytes of storage: $600 per year
About PhotoShelter
PhotoShelter, created by BitShelter Inc., is the ultimate workflow
solution for professional photographers. Combining industry-leading
distribution and sales tools with a redundant, disaster-proof image
archiving solution, PhotoShelter is the only system suitable for the
world's most important images. PhotoShelter empowers individual
photographers by providing a comprehensive online archive and
marketplace More top photographers choose PhotoShelter to handle their
images than any other online system. For more information on
PhotoShelter, go to http://www.PhotoShelter.com.
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