ExpanDrive

As you’ve already heard, ExpanDrive has bought Strongspace and BingoDisk from Joyent and is going to be deploying a new and improved service. First, we’d like to provide a bit of info about ourselves for those of you who are on this blog for the first time.

ExpanDrive is a software company based in Boston, MA and is in the business of making awesome software that enables ridiculously simple and secure access to remote storage. Our main product is a SFTP/FTP/S3 client for Mac and Windows [previously known as SftpDrive] which allows you to turn your remote storage into a network drive. Many Strongspace customers are owners of the ExpanDrive and use it daily. ExpanDrive’s software provides an unsurpassed experience in connecting to online storage which we’re tightly integrating into Strongspace. BingoDisk users will be treated to drive-based access to their storage that works reliably on both Mac and Windows when they transition to Strongspace.

We have big plans for Strongspace and will be actively supporting and developing the service. Strongspace still runs on top of hardened Joyent Accelerators with ZFS. With the help of Joyent’s expert team we’ve heavily audited the security of every aspect of Strongspace to ensure the continued safety of your data.

Strongspace’s web application has been rebuilt from the ground up and deployed onto a much speedier infrastructure. In addition, you can continue expect to a deep commitment to customer support and experience going forward. ExpanDrive is making Strongspace a disk in the cloud that you’ll love to use – connecting you to your storage like a USB drive plugged into your laptop.

We’re excited to be taking over these services from Joyent and wanted to provide you with some details of our plans. Currently we’re finishing up private testing of the new Strongspace service and will be soon emailing Joyent’s lifetime customers with instructions on how they can migrate their data over to ExpanDrive. Following the initial migration of the lifetime customers we will be sending emails to the rest of the Strongspace account holders with instructions on how to set up new accounts.

Follow @strongspace and @expandrive on Twitter and this blog for continuing updates. Feel free to email us with any questions you have. Thanks!