Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.0 brings multiple online storage services together on your PC

Gladinet has announced the release of version 3.0 of Gladinet Cloud Desktop, a tool for accessing various online cloud storage providers through Windows. Version 3.0 introduces some new features, including a new Cloud Sync Folder for Professional users, as well as a completely redesigned interface designed to make the process simpler and more intuitive.

Gladinet Cloud Desktop allows end users to access a number of popular online cloud storage providers, including Google Docs, Windows Live Skydrive, Box.net and Amazon S3 storage, through a single drive in Windows itself. Each service is allocated its own folder within the specially created My Gladinet Storage drive and acts like any other folder, making it easy to access or copy files to and from each storage provider.

Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.0's standout feature is a completely redesigned Gladinet Management Console, with the aim of being better organized and simpler to navigate. It also introduces a brand new feature for Professional Edition users in the form of Cloud Sync Folder, which allows users to synchronise folders between multiple PCs using any cloud-based service supported by the program.

Version 3.0 is now also able to integrate with Gladinet's Cloud Backup service, which now supports snapshot backups allowing multiple versions of a file to be stored using full or incremental backups. The feature also makes it possible to back up files that are in use, including e-mail.

Version 3.0 also includes a number of performance improvements and bug fixes. Gladinet Cloud Desktop 3.0 comes in two editions: Starter (free) and Professional ($40-$60). A 3-day trial of the Professional version is automatically included with the Starter version. Gladinet Cloud Desktop runs on all versions of Windows, XP or later, including Windows Server, and comes in both 32-bit and 64-bit builds.