Mozy Announces “Stash” File Sync Option

January 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Mozy announced public Beta today on Mozy Stash, it's file syncing option that is available currently to MozyHome users. Stash allows you to sync files between any computers you have the Stash application installed on. Unlike Mozy Online Backup all updates for Stash are done immediately, not on a scheduled basis. Stash also allows you to sync pictures and vidoes from mobile and tablet devices, with support for other file types coming soon. Now with Stash you are never without your files. Simply access any of your "stashed" files from a computer or mobile device with a web browser. Stash will draw on your existing MozyHome storage … [Read more...]

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JustCloud and ZipCloud Join MyPCBackup

November 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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Three Fantastic Brands - One Great Company JustDevelopIt.com has been at it again... They have just released two new products into the online backup and storage space to compliment their existing MyPCBackup.com product. The two new products are JustCloud.com and ZipCloud.com. While JustCloud.com is similar in functionality to MyPCBackup.com, you will find ZipCloud has an interface and look and feel that will appeal much more to users who like DropBox. Each products user interface and look and feel will appeal to different user groups, however the functionality of each is basically the same. In this new release they have come out with … [Read more...]

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Top 5 Common Backup Mistakes

October 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In this video on CNN, Data Doctor Ken Colburn covers the top five common mistakes people make when backing up their data. Buying an external hard drive but not buying any backup software Installing backup software but not setting up the automatic scheduler Not verifying your backups Only having one copy of your data No off-site data sets We are glad to see that the good Doctor included online backups in his top backup mistakes. Even though he notes it as one of the biggest business backup mistakes, anyone who has lost irreplaceable pictures to a natural disaster, realizes that having those precious memories backed up to an off-site … [Read more...]

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How Long will My Initial Backup Take?

September 29, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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One of the biggest issues any online backup faces, is the time it takes to complete the initial backup. Realistically backing up gigabytes of data to the cloud can take days if not weeks to complete! The good news though, is once the initial backup is completed, the incremental backups normally only take a few minutes. If you want to calculate how long your initial backup will take, there is an easy way to do it. Follow these two easy steps: Determine what your "upload speed" is by going to speedtest.net. Remember you are looking for the "Upload Speed". Then you can use this nifty site, and just ask WolframAlpha. … [Read more...]

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MyPCBackup vs. Mozy

September 21, 2011 By 2 Comments
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MyPcBackup: $4.95/mo Unlimited Mozy: $5.99/mo 50GB MyPCBackup or Mozy- Which Service is Best for Your Needs? In this article we will compare MyPCBackup to Mozy's 50GB Home Plan. Both Mozy and MyPcBackup are extremely strong online backup providers and you can't go wrong with either. There are a few major differences between them, however. One of the biggest differences you will notice between Mozy and MyPCBackup is that Mozy is strictly a backup provider, while MyPCBackup provides you with an additional feature with their "Sync Folder". This Sync Folder allows you to sync files and folders between multiple … [Read more...]

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LiveDrive vs. MyPCBackup

September 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
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MyPcBackup: $5.95/mo (1 year contract) LiveDrive: $7.95/mo LiveDrive or MyPCBackup - Which Service is Better? In this article we will compare LiveDrive's Basic Backup to MyPCBackup. LiveDrive and MyPCBackup both have their roots in the UK and started out as online storage providers in Europe. They are both now making a big splash in the United States and elsewhere. They differ significantly however in there approach and abilities. You need to be aware of these differences and take into account some warnings we will share with you in our "bottom line". While both offer unlimited storage, with LiveDrive you have to upgrade to … [Read more...]

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MyPCBackup Offers True Unlimited Backup

August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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MyPCBackup has eliminated their Home plan and dropped the price on their Unlimited plan from $7.95/month to $4.95/month!Unlike other "unlimited" plans from merchants like Carbonite or IDrive who actually put bandwidth throttling in place to limit the amount of data being uploaded at any given point in time, MyPCBackup does not do any bandwidth throttling. MyPCBackup also does not impose any individual file size limits, unlike BackBlaze and Elephant Drive who both impose file size limitations of 4GB and 2GB respectively. MyPCBackup is one of the very few true "unlimited" backups still out there and still reasonably … [Read more...]

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IDrive Unlimited Backup

March 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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In a move earlier this month that completely contradicts Mozy's move to discontinue unlimited backups, IDrive announced a new backup plan: IDrive Unlimited. For $49.50/year for 1 Windows computer users can backup as much data as they want. Ironic? Timely? Skilled Marketing? Well, we will let you decide that for yourself! :-) Now there are a few things to be aware of with this plan however. These are: Currently IDrive Unlimited is only available for Windows based systems. Sorry Mac and Linux users! :-( While there are no limits imposed up to 150GB of backup, once you reach the 150 GB threshold they will throttle your bandwidth back … [Read more...]

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SugarSync vs. IDrive

February 21, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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SugarSync: $14.99/mo 100 GB IDrive: $4.95/mo 150GB SugarSync or IDrive - How Do They Compare? Although SugarSync and IDrive appear to be similar in many ways there are some key differences between them. If you were to strictly take a look at price and a quick look at feature comparison you would think that IDrive is a much better deal, but let's dig a bit deeper and take a closer look. First, IDrive offers two plans for the home market. One that provides 150GB's of storage and is on a per computer pricing model. The other plan is a "family" type plan and provides 500GB's of storage and will actually provide backup for … [Read more...]

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Mozy’s New Pricing and No More Unlimited Backup

February 2, 2011 By 1 Comment
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There has been alot of talk the past few days about Mozy's change in pricing and their move away from unlimited storage to a tiered structure to go along with their new pricing. At first we were shocked by the change, but the more it sank in and we thought about it, the less of a "shock" it really is. Now before you are quick to jump all over us... please read on! We are not completely saying we totally agree with Mozy's approach and timing, just that we are not really all that shocked by it when you take it into perspective. First, lets set the stage. Yes, storage is becoming cheaper every day, but then the demand for that storage is … [Read more...]

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My Hard Drive Just Failed – Now What!?

December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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We all know that an online backup solution can be extremely effective at restoring that file or picture that we accidently deleted last week when we were doing a bit of "house-cleaning". But what happens if, God forbid, we have a hard drive failure, someone steals our laptop, or some other horrible disaster comes to pass? Well, if you have a few hundred GB's of data it is highly unlikely that you are going to want to even attempt an "online" restore of that amount of data to a new hard drive or system. Just the thought of the time, not to mention the potential frustration involved in that effort, makes me cringe! (shudder) And in … [Read more...]

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Carbonite vs. Mozy

November 2, 2010 By 1 Comment
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Carbonite: $54.95 per year Mozy: $65.89 per year Mozy or Carbonite - Which Service is Right for You? In this article we will compare Mozy Home to Carbonite. UPDATE: Mozy updated their pricing and plans today (February 1, 2011). This does change how we originally wrote this article. You will see our summary at the end of the article. We would categorize both Mozy and Carbonite as strictly backup solutions without many of the other "bells and whistles" you will find with some of the true online storage solutions such as SugarSync, IDrive or Elephant Drive. You will not get file sharing abilities, or any type of … [Read more...]

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SugarSync vs. Carbonite

October 28, 2010 By 5 Comments
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Carbonite: $54.95 per year SugarSync: $49.99 per year SugarSync or Carbonite - Which Service is Best for You? In this article we will compare SugarSync's 30GB Service to Carbonite. Right off the bat you will notice a very distinct difference between Carbonite and SugarSync. Where Carbonite is strictly and distinctly a "backup" solution providing unlimited off-site backup space for your valuable data, SugarSync is much, much more than just a backup solution provider! So asking which service is better, is actually like asking if you would like to eat steak or cheeseburgers for dinner tonight, because although … [Read more...]

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Carbonite Ranks #9 on 2010 Inc 500

October 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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Carbonite, a Boston, MA based IT services company specializing in cloud based backup services, was ranked #9 in the 2010 Inc 500 of fastest growing companies. With revenue of $19.1 Million and growth of 11,207.6% over a 3 year period, Carbonite ranked #1 fastest growing in IT Services and also #1 in the Boston area. Here are some quick stats on Carbonite: For more detailed information on Carbonite, you can read our full Carbonite Review . Congratulations to the Carbonite team for a job well done! … [Read more...]

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How to Get SugarSync to Backup Outlook Files

October 18, 2010 By 5 Comments
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Although SugarSync will not directly snyc Oulook data files (.pst, .ost), there is a tool that you can use that will allow SugarSync to back them up for you. Microsoft's Personal Folders Backup tool provides a quick and easy way to extract Outlook information so SugarSync can back it up for you. This tool is designed for use in Outlook 2002 and later. You can dowload the tool for free from Microsoft's Download Center and follow the instructions to install it. You can get the full instructions on how to download, install and configure both the Microsoft tool, as well as SugarSync, and start backing up and syncing your Outlook files … [Read more...]

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Another IDrive Twitter Contest – #IDrivevideo

October 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Here we go again! IDrive is at it again! IDrive is giving away amazing prizes with yet another twitter contest. If you were not lucky enough to win in during the last contest, you can try your luck again. Once again you have the chance to win a MacBook Pro 13" for the grand prize, or one of the 320GB IDrive Portable USB hard drives given as daily prizes. Here are the mechanics of the contest: You must follow @IDrive_Online on Twitter. Then simply tweet why you love IDrive Online Backup using #idrivevideo hashtag or you can simply retweet. Here is an example: '#idrivevideo IDrive offers a reliable, secure and easy to use online … [Read more...]

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20% Discount on Mozy Home

September 22, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Didn't win on Mozy Follow Friday? Well don't worry because now you can get 20% off any new 1 and 2 year subscriptions for MozyHome! All you have to do is click here and use FAF20 at checkout! Mozy has been running discounts and special offers all summer long, and this is the largest discount we've seen so far. As we turn the corner on summer and head into fall, be sure to take advantage of this great discount, because we are unsure how long it will go on! Get 20% Off on Mozy Home! … [Read more...]

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MozyPro Wins “Excellence in Technology Award 2009″

August 26, 2009 By Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, Mozy's MozyPro product was awarded with the Excellence in Technology Award for 2009 by readers of Small Business Computing.  Small Business Computing's awards recognize achievements in small businesses software and hardware services, security, and ecommerce. Their readers get to choose the winners of the best small business tech tools in 20 different categories. Honors were given this year to the MozyPro product, and this award marks the first year in its annual awards history that an online backup and recovery service has won a top spot. This Excellence in Technology award together with the 2009 CNET Webware 100 … [Read more...]

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Which Online Backup Sevice? – 10 Factors to Consider

August 24, 2009 By 1 Comment
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More and more online backup services are popping up every day, and some big name players have exited the market. This makes it harder to decide which online backup service is right for you or your business. We've compiled a top 10 list for you to consider before making that decision: How Much Storage Space Do I Really Need? You will want to determine your storage needs carefully. Although unlimited storage sounds great, it's probably not practical, when you consider internet connection speeds and the amount of time required to complete the initial backup. Some services provide unlimited storage, while the providers that don't … [Read more...]

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