Downtime for Upline – HP starts off with a meltdown…

HP launched it’s online backup and storage solution Upline earlier this month to some fanfare and significant press coverage – it didn’t take long for it to reveal itself as simply not ready for prime time. TechCrunch got the scoop again and reported on the Upline failures.

Upline was the repackaging of the Titanize service, created by Opelin. The repackaging was great – the interface is slick looking and the demo sure seemed cool. That said, HP will have some explaining to do as to why it chose the Opelin technology (it was quietly acquired last year), as it appears to have failed under the first sign of load. Not the most reassuring debut…

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