Online Backup Software

This is a review paid for by PayPerPost. However, the story is true.

Several years back I decided that I was not going to be one of those people that gets a bad virus/trojan, has to wipe the hard drive to completely get rid of it and then is faced with the loss of all my data because I did not have a backup.

So I grabbed an external hard drive and began religiously running backups. I felt good about my level of backup protection. I was ready for anything. Then, an event changed my perspective.

I read a newspaper article telling how thieves had broken into an office and stole the computers AND the external hard drives containing all the backups. What good are backups if someone steals them? That story demonstrated to me the need for an offsite backup.

If that sounds like a good idea to you, here is a review of a possible solution: IBackup – Online Backup. There are several price-points ranging from $9.95 a month ($99.50 for 1 year) for 5GB of storage all the way up to $299.95 a month ($2,999.50 for 1 year) for a hefty 300GB of online storage space. Plus you get file sharing and collaboration options as well :).

Using their service will help a business meet Federal mandates like HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX), GLBA and SEC/ NASD. If you might be interested in this, check out their website and view the Flash demo they have setup. Then, you can even signup for a free trial.