Internet Backup
It takes moments to set up and then runs like clockwork without you having to remember to play disk jockey, or take the right tape home and the right tape back to work.
Your data is stored encrypted so it's not readable by anybody apart from you. It's wonderfully secure in a massive state of the art data centre with all the usual features: multiple power supplies, UPS (uninterruptable power supplies) - like powerful standby batteries - and even emergency generators.
Backup as little or as much...
You can set the internet backup software so that you backup as little or as much as you want. Specify directories, and once your first backup is done, you can either have automatic or scheduled internet backups take place, right down to the block level of your data, with new or changed file detection. This is important as studies show that between 2-5% of data changes daily, so you don't need to do a remote backup daily of every file.
Compare that with the 2 Gb free backup service and the amazing unlimited internet backup low cost service for just US$4.95 per month - or just a few pence more than £2.50 per month. These services are both provided for home users.
Did you know that one UK supplier of this type of internet backup service charges £120 p.a. for a 2 Gb backup service - we are offering free internet backup for 2Gb!
And if you opt to pay just US$54.45 a year, you get unlimited storage and 1 month free. That's less than 1/3rd of what our competitor charges!
For small, medium and large business customers alike, there is a professional service that is also remarkable value, priced at just US$3.95 per month for each PC or server to be backed up, and then just $0.50 per Gb (with a minimum of 2Gb per user). The overall total of Gigabytes can be shared amongst different users from the same company. That's around £2 a month per licence and less than 30p per Gigabyte. Opt to pay annually in advance and you only pay for 11 months.
For a small 3 computer office on the pay annually plan, you can get, for example,
- 3 licences @ $3.95 x 11 months = $130.35
- 20 Gb @ $0.50 x 11 months = $110
- or about £120 a year - what our competitors charge for 1 PC and 2Gb backup!
Internet backup - Semi Tech-talk
If you ask the question "how does it work?" and we say "just fine", and are happy with that, don't bother with the next section! (And there are large numbers of BIG companies who use the service as well as BIG numbers of residential users, if that reassures you further.) Suffice it to say, there are 3 guiding principles of the internet backup service:
- you shouldn't have to think about backup
- the system should be "intelligent" enough to backup new & changed files
- your files should be encrypted to protect your data
Deeper into the technical
You get open/locked file support; 448-Bit Blowfish and 128-Bit SSL encryption, as well as private key encryption; and bandwidth throttling and file versioning.
It can cost so much if you don't backup, so little if you do...
There are hundreds of ways to lose your data, but data restore professionals sum up their experience:
- 65% caused by system problems (hardware, software)
- 26% human error
- 9% natural disaster or virus
A Bios Magazine article estimated the cost of half a day's data loss resulting in just one day's lost productivity for a 15-person company was £16,000 apart from revenue loss. We have already quoted that 70% of companies who lose their data fail within months. That is one very high cost!
So you can go from the 2 Gb free backup service for home use or choose the unlimited internet backup low cost service.
Why not get your internet backup service now? Go on, it makes sense.
