Finding the right online backup solution is becoming as difficult as finding the right spouse. There are so many providers, features, and pricing options that sifting through all of them becomes quite a task. It is refreshing when a provider offers a simple, secure, easy to use solution with an…

It actually comes as no surprise if you’ve only just heard of MyPCBackup. After all, Just Develop It, which is the software company behind this service, has its roots in Whiteley, Hampshire, the United Kingdom. So while MyPCBackup has a strong presence in the UK…

The Carbonite backup service gets its name from the fictional compound from Star Wars. Hans Solo was frozen in carbonite in Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Given the emphasis this online backup service gives to security, your files are probably just as indestructible as the compound…

While little is known about how SugarSync got to be called that, somehow the name manages to convey exactly what this service is all about. For one, Sugar Sync online backup is not just about backing up data, it’s also about syncing files across a number of computers…

MozyHome, as the name indicates, is geared for the home consumer and small office/home office consumers. There are three plans available for MozyHome subscribers: MozyHome Free, 50GB and 125GB. Their other service, Mozy Pro, is for enterprise business users.

Backup, Storage, Sync, Access, Share. These are the five main service offerings that you’ll read about in this SpiderOak review that SpiderOak boasts they provide. You may think this set of features is not particularly impressive considering that other online backup solutions…

Dropbox is a file synchronization and sharing solution that can also function as an online backup service. It works by letting the user simply drag and drop their files and folders into a Dropbox folder. From there, everything works seamlessly. Any changes made on the files that are…

In the five years that it has been in the industry, Carbonite has become a household name in online backup. With more than a million consumers subscribed to Carbonite’s simple, unlimited, and secure backup, the service has indeed firmly entrenched itself in homes across the globe.

Most providers offer a decent amount of free storage usually ranging from 2-5GB. There is, however, a fairly new provider that is offering 10GB of free online storage. The new provider is called Minus. Not only do they give you 10GB of free storage, but they also allow single file…

Mozy Pro is one of two online backup solutions offered by Mozy. Mozy Pro, as the name implies, is for “professional,” or business use. Their other service, Mozy Home, is for home users. With Mozy Pro, you get all that the home service offers plus additional features geared specifically for…

Synchronization solutions that can also effectively serve as online backup solutions are all the rage these days and this is evident with the popularity of such services as SugarSync and Dropbox. But there’s another similar solution that, while probably not as well-known as these two, may yet offer…

If choosing an online storage solution were to depend solely on the strength of the company behind it, then iStorage by Iomega would rank high up there along with the likes of Acronis and Norton online backup services. So it’s a good thing consumers these days tend to look at the bigger picture…

True to its name, Storegate Online Backup opens up to a whole range of storage and backup features, making it a viable alternative to the current crop of backup services already available. This is not to say though, that the features provided by Storegate are all new.

With the many online backup services I’ve reviewed over the past few months, I’ve come across so many features offered by different companies vying for space in this industry. From simple, easy online backup to file sharing and collaboration capabilities, online music/video streaming and online…

So what does IBackup Professional bring to the table? With added emphasis on security, longer data retention, and the capability to backup databases, this service offers not just simple online storage; it’s essentially a data management solution.

While there are so many online backup solutions out there vying for your attention, this relatively quiet company may well catch your interest. You see, ADrive offers a whopping 50GB of FREE online storage! For the average home user, that should be enough to backup an entire…

With its solid reputation as a provider of data backup and disaster recovery products, it was only a matter of time before Acronis ventured into the online backup space, and the company did just that with the launch of Acronis Online Backup in 2010.

When Backblaze launched in 2007, many were happy with its simplified approach to online backup – so much so that CNET.com called it, “Possibly the world’s easiest online backup.” Because really, what can be more simple than just to Backup everything up?

IDrive started in the online backup business in 1995 but not too many were happy with the service until significant improvements were made over the past years, particularly with its web interface. Noted reviewer PCMag.com initially gave the early version of IDrive a…

With so many online backup companies offering their services these days, it’s not easy keeping track of which does what. Some services are geared towards tech-savvy users who can maximize full-featured backup solutions, while others aim to provide the easiest backup tool for home…

KeepVault by Proxure is an online data backup solution by Proxure, a California-based developer of synchronization technology and digital media software. While it may not be as easily recognizable as household names like Carbonite or Mozy, those who have tried using it have few complaints.

What you’ll learn in this CrashPlan review is that this backup service lives up to its name in that it provides users viable options for recovering data should unforeseeable events such as accidental file deletions, computer failure, theft, flood, and others, happen. In more ways than one…

As you’ll learn in this Jungle Disk review, it is one of the few backup services today that only provides the intermediary software that allows users to backup their data. You don’t actually store your data with Jungle Disk per se.

These days, the online backup landscape is crammed with storage solutions that aside from doing backup, also promise consumers “the works” – sync, share, stream online, allow collaboration, provide unlimited versioning, and so on. You name it, they can do it all – but not Backblaze…