World's largets PC maker Acer, and a private cloud solution provider, and leading storage maker WD (Western Digital) officially annouced the merging of WD's My Cloud Network Attached Service (NAS) and ACER's BYOC (Build Your Own Cloud) environment. This means that ACER users who are using their BYOC system can access their files via WD My Cloud NAS system to any personal computer or mobile devices — in short you will be having you own, and personal Cloud storage at your home using ACER's abFiles app which you can use it on your smartphone.
Maverick Shih, President of Acer for BYOC Business Group is excited to welcome WD on their BYOC ecosystem. "The availability of abFiles for the My Cloud platform allows our joint customers to enjoy seamless file management across their personal devices, with all of their files always at their fingertips, regardless of whether the file is on their PC or their NAS drive.” — Words from Maverick Shih.
Sven Rathjen, VP and GM of Network Content Solutions for WD said that they are also delighted with the partnership with ACER about the cloud solution. “Now our customers can find abFiles on the My Cloud app center to download for free, and incorporate their My Cloud into Acer’s BYOC ecosystem.” — Sven Rathjen
For the average user, what will be the benefit of the partnership?
Acer abFiles makes it easy to access files stored on a user’s PC or NAS from any of their devices over a wireless or mobile network, making file management on the go easier than ever. After installing the abFiles app on their My Cloud NAS (supported models: My Cloud Mirror, My Cloud Expert Series and My Cloud Business Series), the user will only need to sign-in with their Acer ID through the web administration interface, and the My Cloud will be added to their personal BYOC setup, with files readily accessible from any of their connected devices. Users retain the privacy and control of their files as they are located on NAS devices physically in their home or office under their control rather than in a remote datacenter.
It means that you will have more space for your selfies, mp3's, video streaming, and documents which they are supporting as we speak — this one will be ideal to SOHO setup.
For anyone who are interested to use Cloud as their storage, whether for Business or Personal; here are some of the videos:
For ACER BYOC
For ACER abFiles
For WD My Cloud NAS
