Hewlett-Packard Co, the world's biggest PC maker, has announced an agreement Symantec Corp, to distribute it's Norton Online Backup services. With this move, Symantec is looking to expand its consumer business beyond its line of Norton security products. In a release dated June 11, Symantec said that starting in September, HP will ship all of it's consumer desktop and notebook PCs with a trial subscription to Symantec's internet-based PC backup service, Norton Online Backup. Customers will be offered a free 30-day trial version of Norton Online Backup that will be pre-installed on their PCs. The service can be used to back up as … [Read more...]
Norton Launches Norton Online Backup
Last March, Symantec Corp., makers of the line of Norton security software, formally launched its first Web-based consumer offering for online backup services. Norton Online Backup was introduced as a secured, easy-to-use online backup service that automatically keeps files and digital assets safe and easily accessible. Norton Online Backup makes it simple for people around the world to backup their files from an easy-to-use website. Up to five household computers can be safely backed up, managed and restored through a single, central, remotely-accessible account. Once a small desktop agent is downloaded and manages a backup of the … [Read more...]
