For example, Symantec has started to offer Norton Online Backup, a data recovery software.
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Cloud storage has been around for a while, in the form of online backup services like Carbonite and Dropbox.
Clickfree Online Backup ushers in a new age in data protection and file recovery by offering the easiest online backup ever.
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Consultancies are also springing up, selling companies on ways to use Amazon for things like online backup systems and database clusters to speed a Web site's performance.
Many online backup services -- like Amazon's S3 -- are already available and are will only offer more space for less money in the future as the cost of data storage continues to fall.
Another option takes us back to the Web -- you can often get an online backup plan that will remove your valuable data not only from that main hard drive, but also from your computer's immediate vicinity.
For added protection and convenience, two GB of secure online storage7 is offered for easy file backup and access from any web browser.
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Do you have a backup for your backup, like maybe an inexpensive online service like Carbonite or Mozi just to make sure?
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Increasingly, online work is a first choice rather than a backup plan.
In addition, the city's density poses extraordinary challenges for readying cell sites with backup power and then getting them back online when outages happen.
SanDisk also offers downloadable Cloud Catcher software, which allows users to backup and organize personal data from some of their favorite social media and online sites, hassle free on a SanDisk USB drive.
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