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HulaDrive
1. Hula Drive by EGLA
Communications
Edwin Hernandez, Ph.D
Lucie Allaire, BSBA
Henry Incer, MBA
2. Company Description
Who is EGLA Communications?
We are a start-up technology company offering
customizable cloud computing services at the
lowest price in the industry.
Located at FAU’s Technology Business Incubator
in Boca Raton, FL.
We currently offer two related services:
Hula Drive – our low cost cloud storage
platform.
Mediamplify – media storage, media
3. Market Overview
What is cloud storage?
Cloud storage is an online service
where data is stored in virtualized
servers on a pay-per-use-basis.
4. Market Overview
Where is the industry now?
Cloud storage and cloud computing are
currently in their early stages and set to grow
exponentially.
5. Market Overview
What are the benefits of cloud storage vs.
traditional hard drives?
Lower costs
Scalable
More accessible
What are some concerns?
Security
Availability
6. Competitor Analysis
Who are we competing with?
Dropbox- is a service which lets you share
files
Officedrop- offers personal/business cloud
storage
Livedrive- offers cloud storage and online
backup
Joyent- provides application virtualization
7. Marketing and Strategy
What makes us different?
HulaDrive you get all the features of cloud
storage at no additional cost.
Includes storage, backup, mobile apps,
multiple user support, and automatic
synchronization.
Low cost - 6¢ cents per gigabyte
Example: 50 GB pay $50/yr with
competitors, or $36/yr with HulaDrive.
Kickstarter offer at 4¢ or $24/yr.
8. Marketing and Strategy
Who are we going to reach first?
Plan to pre-sell storage via our Kickstarter
project.
Will provide storage services to FAU and
tenants at FAU’s Research Park.
Eventually expand to various small and
medium sized businesses, other colleges and
universities.
9. Existing Clients
Copley Retention Systems
DMX Media Services
Sonlife Broadcasting Network
Hippocrates Health Institute
11. Management
Management Team:
Edwin A. Hernandez, Ph.D – Owner and chief
executive
Ph.D in Computer Engineering from University of
Florida (UF)
Lucie Allaire, BSBA – Marketing and Sales
B.S.B.A in Marketing from University of Florida (UF)
Henry Incer, MBA – Management
MBA from Nova Southeastern (NSU)