Canon closing down Irista photo storage service

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RIP Irista
RIP Irista

Five years after its launch, Canon is sunsetting its Irista photo storage service, according to the Irista website. Users have until Jan. 31, 2020, to download their images (which will not include tags, ratings, titles or albums). Users have until Jan. 14 to make and to order photobooks using the Irista service.

Described as “a Dropbox for photos” by CNET at its launch in 2014, Irista was a late entry in photo cloud storage services like OneDrive, Google Drive or iCloud. Irista, however, only stored photos, albeit with no file-size limitations.

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Gary Pageau is principal of InfoCircle LLC, continuing his marketing communications career. InfoCircle LLC is a marketing and communications consulting firm, specializing in business-to-business markets. For nearly 25 years, he was with PMA International, serving most recently as Publisher, Content Development and Strategic Initiatives. His primary responsibilities included overseeing the Association’s editorial department, marketing research unit, education and corporate relations department.