Online Data Backup ¶

Type

Internet Services

This service we provide National (SA)

The reason most companies have begun to gravitate towards the use of compressed online data backup is the reduction in time taken by the backup process and the automated process and reliability and most of all it is cost effective way to do your back-up. Once it is automated you will never forget to do a backup again and it is safe and off site.

Online off site Data Back-up are much cheaper than you think, it used to be only for the big corporate companies who had the bandwidth and finances to do this, but today it is also affordable and available to the home user / Small and Medium size businesses. Starting from R 95.00 p/m.

Data Backup and Recovery

Because data is the heart of the enterprise, it's crucial for you to protect it. And to protect your organization's data, you need to implement a data backup and recovery plan. Backing up files can protect against accidental loss of user data, database corruption, hardware failures, and even natural disasters, and after all we life in South Africa where the crime rate is high. It's your job as a business owner or network administrator to make sure that backups are performed and stored in a secure location.

Protecting your data just makes good common sense. If you have data that you don't want to loose - and most of us do - you owe it to yourself to protect your data.

Having an Off-Site Data Backup is just as important to the average home PC user or small business as it is to big corporate company. Disasters can happen at any time, and it will give you peace of mind to know that a copy of your crucial data will survive these catastrophes.

Even though your home or business insurance may cover the replacement of your PC, it is unlikely that it will cover the cost of data recovery, in the case of theft or fire no data can be recovered that data will be lost forever, unless you have a off site back-up system in place.

Is a data backup solution part of your computer plans? People spend thousands of rand to protect their systems against viruses, but forget to backup there valuable data. Do you have a way to protect yourself if something goes wrong with your computer or data? Computers are a useful part of our lives but we don't always protect ourselves from their loss be it fire, theft or hardware failure.

We often don't consider how fragile our computer data really is. Do you keep sensitive information on your computer that you would be upset if you lost it? Not sure? Consider this. If I told you that I was going to format your hard drive right now and you will lose all of the information on your computer, would you be ready? Or would you need to get a few files first... If you are in the second group, chances are you don't have a proper data backup solution in place to help you handle disasters.

Online Data Backup in a Nutshell

Online data backup is the ability to backup your data to an online server via a secure Internet connection. The idea of using an online service is linked to reducing the speed of backups and the security of knowing your data is offsite and disconnected from the daily abuses of your network. Incremental data backup can keep those files updated and ready for recovery.

Online data backup is becoming more and more popular as data storage and service prices drop. Tape of course has always been the traditional choice of a well protected data backup, but as everything in life change and progress, is online data backup currently the best and most secure solution. Being absolutely secure that your data is not corrupted, damaged, or lost is the key to surviving in a data rich business environment.

What's the solution?

MyBackups allows you to securely backup your important information to a rock solid offsite environment. Each days backup will be stored on 2 mirrored web servers. Each server has the latest RAID technology to ensure that your data is safe. One of these servers would be enough to ensure this. We're putting your information on 2!

What about the privacy of my information?

We've all got private files that we don't wan't just anybody to see. With MyBackups your info is fully encrypted. Both when it is transferred to our server AND while it is being stored. Without your Encryption Key nobody can read or see any of your data. Even we cannot see it.

So NEVER, EVER lose your Encryption key if you don't want us to store it. Your info is transferred over a 128 bit SSL (Secure Socket Layer) connection and encrypted on the server using 448 bit Blowfish encryption.

What about my Bandwidth costs? Won't it cost a lot to back up all my info?

There's no question: The cost of bandwidth in South Africa is very high at the moment, but the uncapped option is also available. After your first backup all backups are incremental. This means that the MyBackups software checks on your computer which files have changed and what information in those files have specifically changed. And then only uploads those specific changes. For example: You have a Word doc that is very big (say 3 MB) and you add one word to it. At your next backup ONLY that one word will be uploaded NOT the whole 3 MB file

What does it feel like knowing my information is safe and backed up?

Really amazing! But don't take our word for it - Try it out now and experience that AHA moment when you know you're covered no matter what happens to your info.

What happens if I overwrite an important file on my computer?

We keep copies of all your daily backups on the server. So you can simply login and retrieve the backed up copy from yesterday. Or a week ago. Bottom line. Your information is safe!

What happens if I don't like it?

Simple. We have a no questions asked 30 Day Money Back guarantee. If you don't want to use MyBackups let us know and we will refund you whatever you have paid us.

So how do I get backed up now?

Simply click the Send Enquiry link below and a sales person will contact you, we fill in your info and you can get the software. It is very straight forward to use but we will also send you help emails and also we have comprehensive help documentation for you to use if you do get stuck.

You can also give us a shout anytime you need help (or email us) and we'll gladly help you out!

With MyBackups you can easily and automatically backup any information you would never want to lose.

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