Google is preparing to launch a long-rumored cloud storage service that tramples a bit on products and services offered by Google partners. A Wall Street Journal report citing “people familiar with the matter” says the new “Drive” service will be launched by Google in the coming weeks or months. What does that mean for other companies that Google works closely with?

As my PCWorld peer Ian Paul pointed out in an article about the upcoming Google storage service, Google already offers online storage in a variety of ways. Ostensibly, the Google “Drive” will consolidate and possibly expand the capabilities, but Google isn’t entirely new to the cloud storage space.