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Old 01-04-2007, 03:17 AM
Gary Walker
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Re: 2 GB for free online backup


Perhaps this is not an issue with you, or it's in some way
circumvented to your satisfaction, but I would never
send sensitive financial data offsite via an ip connection.

What am I missing here?


Gary



"R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:Or4P%23B7%23GHA.3256@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Off site backups can be very handy for small business operations. I
> have a customer who uses Backup Solutions. Just recently, we had
> a QuickBooks data file issue. We pulled the latest backup from their
> system and was back on line in a just a few minutes. Costs less than
> $40 per month for 6 Gigabytes of storage.
>
> "Larry Samuels" <larry@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:OLRCD56%23GHA.4356@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Bruce,
>>
>> On the contrary--there are quite a few reputable online backup services
>> and I recommend them to my business clients for offsite storage.
>>
>> PS--any reputable company uses customer-controlled encryption and the
>> files are encrypted before transfer. They couldn't read the encrypted
>> data on their servers if they wanted to.
>>
>> PPS--none of the companies I would trust are free <G>
>>
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>> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@cable0ne.n3t> wrote in message
>> news:OcVA6u6%23GHA.1224@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> Sukhoi47 wrote:
>>>> Hi all,
>>>>
>>>> I am using Mozy and I recommend as a professional and free online
>>>> backup.
>>>
>>> In these times of rampant identity theft, what kind of an idiot would
>>> trust the personal data to an on-line "storage" service? That'd just be
>>> begging for trouble.
>>>
>>>
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Old 01-04-2007, 03:17 AM