Easy Backup for Home Workers

 

Online backup for stand alone computers is now alleviating some of the largest data protection issues which in the past have been very difficult to cure.

 

If a member of staff is working from home, backup has always been an issue, firstly, how does an IT manager secure data which is way outside his network and also can a single person enterprise afford the cost of a backup solution which is currently in use at larger organisations?  These questions in the past have always been answered with difficulty.

 

Online backup is now an affordable and automated way to backup critical data, this is because for as little as £10.00 per month a whole hard drive can be backed up to a secure infrastructure which means regardless of disaster data will always be available.

 

This type of backup solution is a more secure, automated and time saving alternative to traditional backup methods such as tape, CD/DVD or copy to a USB drive.  One thing is for sure, if your home is on fire, or being flooded the first thing you will think about is getting out with your family as safely and as quickly as possible, the last think you think about is protecting your computer hard drive.  If an online backup solution is employed then all your data will be stored at an offsite storage centre, so there will be no reason to worry, should the worst happen then you can prioritise the more important things in life.

 

Online backup does not just protect against catastrophes, there are many reasons why you may wish to recover data such as accidental deletion, virus, data corruption or theft for example.

 

Backup software is installed onto a computer or laptop, there is then a very simple process of telling the software what data you wish to backup, this could be my documents, email, an external hard drive or your whole computer, once you have done this you then tell the backup software at what time you would like to backup, i.e.. 9PM every night, and that is it, leave the rest to the software.  The whole process of setting up the software will take no more than 5 minutes.  From then onwards your data will be backed up every night at 9PM.

 

To ensure speed and security, prior to you data being transferred it will be compressed then encrypted which makes sure only you have access to you backup.