<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
storage	B-Application
virtualization	I-Application
service	O
used	O
primarily	O
as	O
an	O
online	B-General_Concept
backup	I-General_Concept
tool	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
also	O
as	O
a	O
remote	O
access	O
service/collaboration	O
tool	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
runs	O
on	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
,	O
and	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
simple	O
automated	O
backups	O
for	O
protecting	O
data	O
by	O
moving	O
it	O
into	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
account	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
makes	O
use	O
of	O
infrastructure-on-demand	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
architecture	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
applications	O
built	O
on	O
Amazon	O
's	O
S3	O
(	O
Simple	B-General_Concept
Storage	I-General_Concept
Service	I-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
initially	O
utilized	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
S3	I-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
a	O
datacenter	O
migration	O
,	O
but	O
quickly	O
moved	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
production	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Michael	O
Fisher	O
and	O
Ben	O
Widhelm	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
launched	O
as	O
a	O
service	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
's	O
development	O
was	O
initially	O
based	O
in	O
Westwood	O
Village	O
in	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
's	O
first	O
major	O
product	O
came	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
2008	O
closing	O
of	O
early	O
cloud	O
storage	O
provider	O
and	O
AOL	O
property	O
Xdrive	O
when	O
the	O
service	O
offered	O
a	O
free	O
tool	O
for	O
migrating	O
files	O
off	O
of	O
the	O
Xdrive	O
platform	O
,	O
simplifying	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
switching	O
providers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
then	O
turned	O
its	O
focus	O
to	O
the	O
Network	B-Application
Attached	I-Application
Storage	I-Application
(	O
NAS	B-Application
)	O
space	O
,	O
designing	O
and	O
deploying	O
cloud	O
storage	O
optimized	O
to	O
run	O
natively	O
on	O
NAS	B-Application
devices	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
partnerships	O
with	O
the	O
hardware	O
makers	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
partnership	O
was	O
with	O
NETGEAR	O
's	O
storage	O
product	O
line	O
of	O
ReadyNAS	O
systems	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
co-branded	O
embedded	O
cloud	B-General_Concept
backup	I-General_Concept
service	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
ReadyNAS	O
Vault.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Additional	O
cloud	O
storage	O
for	O
NAS	B-Application
integration	O
were	O
launched	O
with	O
hardware	O
makers	O
QNAP	B-Operating_System
and	O
Thecus	B-Application
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
opted	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
brand	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
"	O
Vault	O
"	O
co-branding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
is	O
also	O
integrated	O
with	O
NAS	B-Application
devices	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Synology	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
ElephantDrive	B-General_Concept
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
cybersecurity	O
firm	O
Jungle	B-General_Concept
Disk	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
