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Verizon to Offer Cloud Storage Services

Verizon Business has launched an enterprise cloud storage service, Verizon Cloud Storage Storage-as-a-Service. The new cloud-based storage service is a pay-as-you-go storage offering that can be used as a stand-alone solution or to augment storage area networking (SAN) or network-attached storage (NAS) tools. According to this report on Channel Web, Verizon will launch the service in the U.S. and 16 other countries next month.

"The cloud-based storage offering from Verizon comes as Google (NSDQ:GOOG) and Amazon (NSDQ:AMZN) continue to make strides in the cloud storage arena and the competition between the two heats up. And while Verizon expects to bump into the likes of Amazon and others in the increasingly competitive cloud storage market, Verhoeven said Verizon is taking a different tack.

"'Our approach to cloud storage is different than Amazon's,' he said, adding that while Amazon is a solid fit for consumers, Verizon Cloud Storage is more suited for enterprises. 'We're not approaching this market trying to be the cheapest cloud storage out there. Amazon has a good product. We serve a different type of customer.'"