Data Doctor Ken Colburn explains the top five mistakes people make when backing up their data.
We’re glad to see Colburn included online backups in the top backup mistakes. He describes them as “easy to use” and “inexpensive”.
Citing Gartner Dataquest’s fact that 27.5% of workers will telecommute in 2009, up 10% from the 2008 figure, Laptop Magazine awarded their 2009 Ultimate Choice Award to SugarSync. SugarSync lead the pack, followed by GoToMyPC, LogMeIn, WebEx, and Dell RemoteAccess.
Combining remote access to sync’d data along with online backup, SugarSync secured the win. You can get 2GB of space for free from SugarSync, or try any of their paid programs free for 30 days.
a secure, reliable and easy-to-use online data backup solution, exclusively for Cablevision’s 2.5 million Optimum Online customers.
Cablevision Optimum Online customers can get 2 GB of free backup, or pay $44.95 for unlimited backup. This is a discount over Cabonite’s $54.95 annual fee, but still more expensive than using a 20% Carbonite offer code and paying only $43.96 per year. Carbonite does not offer a free service plan direct to customers, so the 2 GB free plan is exclusive to Cablevision customers.
IDrive, the 4-star rated online backup service, has introduced a Family Pack Plan. For $14.95 / month, you can backup a total of 500GB across 5 computers. This doesn’t have to be evenly distributed, so you could have 1 computer with 200GB, and 1 with 20. Or just 1 with 450GB. Or 4 with 125GB. You get the idea.
China Telecom Co. and Decho Corporation, an EMC Company, announced a strategic partnership to deliver cloud-based services in China. The partnership’s first offering is the eYun service, which is a Chinese-branded version of the popular Mozy online backup service.
eYun, (“e-Cloud” in Chinese) is a Chinese online backup service. Partnering with Chine Telecom brings Decho’s Mozy service to the majority of Internet users in China. 15,000 users have successfully completed a trial, and the service is now being offered to all.
Harel Kodesh, CEO of Decho Corp, says,
China is now the largest Internet market in the world. We’re delighted to partner with China Telecom, the largest broadband provider in China, to deliver a world-class online backup service to the Chinese market through eYun.
While I can’t read Chinese, I’m guessing from eYun’s website that they offer a 2GB free trial (like Mozy does here in the US) and have paid plans for 10GB and 300GB plans.
Last night, IDrive announced the winner of their MacBook Pro 13″
Now for the GRAND PRIZE WINNER of our latest #ILoveIDrive contest! Congrats go to @go4it7arh! You won a MacBook Pro 13″!!!
Shortly after, other contestants began questioning the eligibility of the winner: (more…)
One of the biggest features of an online backup service is the ability to restore a particular version of a file, not just the latest. If you accidentally overwrite a file and don’t realize it until after your backup, the backup is useless. All backups should have an option for version history.
Restoring a previous version of a file with Mozy is easy. First, navigate to the file on your computer and right-click, then choose Restore Previous Version
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#ILoveIDrive because they have great contests!
Entry is simple; just tell us why you love IDrive Online Backup in a Tweet using the #ILoveIDrive hashtag. You may Tweet as much as you’d like, but we will only count the first 10 Tweets per person each day, so that’s up to 10 chances each day to win! You must follow @IDrive_Online on Twitter so that we can DM you if you win.
The IDrive Portable is a tiny 320 GB USB drive that handles local backups, and IDrive is a top-rated online backup service.
Why do you love IDrive? Tell us in the comments, or Tweet it for a chance to win!
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