# 99 Year Digital Photo Storage Swiss Picturebank By Holger Mohr | Published 2008-10-07 | Business Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/swiss-picturebank References: [photo.net](http://photo.net/photography-news-forum/00OPgm) & [swisspicturebank](http://www.swisspicturebank.com) The [Swiss Picture Bank](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/swissqoute) is a new service that stores your digital pictures for up to 99 years. The bank gives you a guarantee that they will save your digital pictures for 3 cents per 30 years. The SwissPictureBank.com idea came from Switzerland, the small European country well known for real banks. Does an innovation like this gamble with their reputable banking credibility? The [stored pictures are protected](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/secure-cloud-storage) by magnet-band systems, saved in bank safes or behind the thick wall of bunkers. This ensures your most prized digital photos will be protected against atomic, biologic and chemical attacks. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.1/10 - Popularity: 9% | Activity: 16% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Business](https://www.trendhunter.com/business) > [New Ventures](https://www.trendhunter.com/newventures) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Extended Digital Storage:** The trend of offering long-term digital storage solutions for consumers provides opportunities for disruptive innovation in data security and preservation. - **Digital Asset Protection:** The trend of protecting digital assets against various types of attacks creates opportunities for disruptive innovation in cybersecurity and encryption technologies. - **Guaranteed Data Preservation:** The trend of guaranteeing the preservation of digital data for extended periods presents opportunities for disruptive innovation in data storage technologies and archival systems. ### Where This Applies - **Cloud Storage Services:** The cloud storage industry can capitalize on the trend of extended digital storage by offering long-term data preservation solutions and enhanced security measures. - **Cybersecurity:** The cybersecurity industry can leverage the trend of protecting digital assets against attacks to develop advanced threat detection and prevention solutions. - **Data Archiving and Preservation:** The data archiving and preservation industry can seize the trend of guaranteed data preservation by creating robust and reliable archival systems with extended data longevity. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Digital Asset-Focused Physical Vaults](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/physical-vault.md) - [Miniature Photo Display Screens](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/autoheart-picpak-digital-frame.md) - [Digital Memory Managers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/digital-memory.md) - [Rapid Photo Visualizers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/life-minute-photos.md) - [Digital Memory Albums](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/heart-memories.md) - [Private Photo Storage Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/private-photo-storage.md) - [Compact Photo Storage Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/photocube-pd.md) - [Anti-Fraud Bank Accounts](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/high-security-savings-account.md) - [Portable Photo Storage Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/photocube-pd-plus.md)