Popular Online Sharing Platform Becomes One Of The First Major Web Applications To Be 100 Percent In “The Cloud”

NEW YORK  (November 5, 2008) -- Drop.io (http://drop.io), the simple private online sharing platform, announced today that it has moved 100 percent of its computing infrastructure into “The Cloud” by migrating all of its applications onto virtual computers through Amazon Web Services.

According to CEO Sam Lessin, “The move to cloud computing enables drop.io to quickly manage the demand associated with our growth and feature development. With the flip of a switch, we can accommodate the needs associated with new features, add-ons and applications, without any physical infrastructure constraints.  This is an entirely new frontier in web architecture and we are excited about taking our trailblazing spirit to new parts of our business.”

Drop.io offers a private way to share digital content through unique, user-created and controlled sharing points called ‘drops’.  It promotes online private sharing through a variety of convenient inputs, outputs and points of access including:  Web, phone, email, mobile, RSS, Twitter, Facebook, mms and fax.  In short, ‘drops’ are non-searchable and non-networked, allowing users to share what they want, with whom they want and how they want.

The company sees its move into “The Cloud” as an important game-changing move, which will allow drop.io incredible flexibility and nimbleness as it expands its capabilities, while being less burdened with managing its own growing IT needs.  Moreover, cloud computing will allow drop.io to be more time efficient, in that it will focus solely on what it does best – provide a simple, private online sharing platform for consumers, organizations and small to mid-sized businesses, while it expands applications.

Founded by young, aggressive problem-solving entrepreneurs, who have an inherent understanding of the online marketplace demands and Web 2.0 trends, drop.io was developed in recognition of the growing demand from consumers, organizations and small-medium sized businesses, for privacy as it relates to the online sharing of content. 

Adds Lessin, “Ultimately, drop.io provides thousands of different uses for thousands of different people with the necessary tools to simply and privately share content online.  Moving our infrastructure to “The Cloud” allows us to work faster and more efficiently as we can better control the resources we consume and fit them into any application we want.”

Sam and the drop.io team will be sharing their experiences with drop.io’s new infrastructure via blog entries at drop.io/blog.

About Drop.io
Drop.io is an easy to use, online file sharing service that provides users with a simple and private way to share images, video, audio, documents and other digital content through unique, user-created and controlled, sharing points called ‘drops.’  In just a few clicks, users are able to seamlessly create personal sharing points, upload content via Web, email, mms, Facebook, Firefox extension, phone and fax inputs and then share it with friends, family, and colleagues through drop.io’s various Web, email, mms, Twitter, sms, iTunes and fax outputs.  Each ‘drop’ is non-searchable, non-networked, does not require any type of account registration and can be password-protected and set to expire after a period of time.  Drop.io is used by a wide range of users seeking a convenient and secure method for sharing all types of digital content, ranging from mothers sharing baby photos to large companies using ‘drops’ as collaborative workspaces.  The company was founded by Sam Lessin in 2007 and has raised $3.9 MM in financing from RRE Ventures and DFJ Gotham.  For more information, visit, http://drop.io/about.