Online backup technology has matured over 20 years to become a trusted solution for protecting data on laptops and PCs. Whether you are a small business protecting one computer or IT manager responsible for managing thousands, you can benefit from the security, performance and ease of management online backup provides.

Online backup offers better data security

Tape and hard-drive backup cannot guarantee security. Many physical solutions fail to properly encrypt stored data and because they are physical devices, they are exposed to theft, misuse and damage.

Online backup improves data security through:

• Offsite data storage in two geographically separate, state-of-the-art, mirrored data vaults in the UK and Belgium
• Double-layered digital security for data ‘in-flight and off-site’ with AES 256 bit and SSL encryption standards
• Professional, physical data security with 24/7 manned and monitored vault protection

Online backup provides reliability and performance

Tape and hard-drive backup requires manual intervention. It demands time - and makes the process vulnerable to human error.

Backing data up online automates the entire process, guaranteeing it happens and provides alerting in case potential issues arise. Backup performance is energized through:

• Set it and forget it backup selection - choose what and when to backup
• Instant online access to recover lost files
• MyRoam™ web-based file retrieval for recovery on the move
• DVD restores on demand
• Delta Block® and SendOnce® technology to speed up backup times
• EmailOptimizer™ feature for silent backup of Microsoft Outlook® email
• Multiple versions of each file stored and available for download
• Heal® feature for automatic recovery of an entire PC, its applications and data

Online backup reduces management overhead

Tape and hard-drive backups require effort to manage. In most cases that effort is not adding any potential value to the company - it's necessary, but it's unwanted.

Data backup through online technology provides integration, automation and ease-of-use features that reduce the effort required to provide business-grade data protection of PCs and laptops:

• Web-based Support Centre for managing multiple backup accounts
• Central reporting and diagnostics
• Customisable backup rules, managed centrally and 'pushed' to users
• LDAP and web-services API integration capability
• User-friendly agent interface