| "Here is a little information I dug up on remote | | | | which has off-site storage backup capacity. On |
| backup services." This is the title of the e-mail I | | | | your part, you would just have to configure your |
| got from new companies that focus on providing | | | | backup schedule and the software will |
| remote backup and disaster recovery services. | | | | automatically send your data to a secure center |
| The sales guy was quite unyielding in his attempt | | | | for a convenient off-site data protection. |
| to pitch his service offerings and asked if I have | | | | Even though you get remote data protection |
| reviewed them and the quote they sent me. | | | | benefits from all these services, there are actually |
| This got me into thinking as to whether this type | | | | real differences among them. The biggest |
| of service is indispensable to our company or not. | | | | differentiators are ease of use in setup, choosing |
| Computers are worth the programs they run on | | | | files and folders for backup, and, especially, getting |
| and the data stored in them. For anyone who has | | | | files back if you lose them. Another feature to |
| been using a computer for more than three | | | | consider is data deduplication. Data dedupe is a |
| years, a hard disk crash is a real concern. The | | | | boon for your company's budget and time |
| work which we do on our laptops is very | | | | management. |
| important and we don't want to lose our data. A | | | | Thankfully we have not had any type of data |
| lost set of data will be a great inconvenience on | | | | loss yet. But with the gradual increase of our |
| our part. | | | | off-site workforce, I am well aware of the |
| Online Backup, also referred to as remote backup | | | | coming urgency of getting remote data |
| services or off-site data backup, is capable of | | | | protection. We will, of course, pick the best |
| providing a remote backup location for your | | | | remote backup services available. This service has |
| stored data by using an existing internet | | | | to be uncomplicated to use and easy to setup |
| bandwidth. This technology provides your business | | | | without having an exorbitant price tag. |
| with the ability to apply data protection strategy | | | | |