Online File Backup And Online Collaboration Reviews Of Top Providers

We provide in-depth reviews of online file backup and online collaboration services. See our simple 3 Step Action Plan to keeping your data safe. Whether you need to get started today or review your backup plans in place, this site is a good resource.

The loss of personal files & email, priceless photographs not to mention business documents and records is not only emotionally devastating, but the financial impact can be terrible. If you operate your business and maintain all your records on it, we ask you to review our information, and to take action now. If you only have a few minutes, review the "Quick Links" area in the top right column to get started. 

If you are interested in learning more, we provide a number of helpful articles in the "Online Backup Articles" section to provide deeper background and additional guidance.

We have learned valuable lessons from our experiences and we want to share some of our knowledge and guidance with you, to help protect you from data loss.

• Backup your data files as often as they change. You have to keep this easy and automatic, or you'll never do it. Internet based backups make this easy.
• Keep a local copy of the files so you can recover / restore them quickly to your computer; as in the case of an accidental erasure of a file, or a hard drive crash. You can use an inexpensive USB hard drive or re-writeable DVDs to make a local backup as an option. Most operating systems today include some form of backup software. You can also use the services for this, because you can restore quickly from them.
• Keep another current copy of your data far away from your home or office, so that your data is safe even if your computer and the local copy of your data is lost, destroyed or stolen. This is the perfect example for using a remote backup like is discussed and reviewed on our site.

The Beauty Of Online Backup:

• Automatic, current backups taken daily or every minute (depending on solution used).
• Off-site backup, and I mean really off-site - your solution provider could be hundreds or thousands of miles away so that anything that happens in your geographic area is not likely going to happen where your data is backed up.
• You can usually restore some or all of your files across the Internet as quickly as you can download them.

Have you ever experienced one of more of these events?

• Did you delete a file and now you can't get it back?
• Are you worried about your computer crashing, and taking your data with it?
• Are you concerned that if your portable computer was lost or stolen, all of your data would be gone? If all of your business records, contact information, email, documents, presentations, priceless photos, songs and videos were all gone, what would you do? What could you do?
• Are you worried that an Operating System patch or new program may inadvertently delete your data?
• Are you concerned that a natural disaster could wipe out your data?
• What would happen if someone erased your hard drive?
• If you run your business off a computer, how long would your business last without all that information? Customer records, accounting, supplier information and more, all lost.

None of these are pleasant thoughts. Using remote backup services as part of your plan to protect your data should help ease your mind.

We make it easy to find the right service to help you solve your data protection needs.

We provide analysis on some of the top backup service providers and file collaboration service providers there are today.  All information is researched from each respective company website, the Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission.

One or more of the solutions we review will usually meet the needs for most individuals and companies. Many of the providers products, features and pricing are close- so read our reviews to see which one makes the most sense for you.

In our analysis, we focus on those things that may matter most to you:

• Company Information
• Ease of use
• Features
• Customer Service & Support
• Security
• Cost

Our methodology included creating a specific analysis process across 12 Categories and 64 features and indicators for each company that we have reviewed.

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We will continue to add reviews and revise existing reports as often as practical. If you would like a company added, please drop us a note on the contact page and let us know what company and why.