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BeeCloud.eu 512GB Free Online Backup Solution
Note: Beecloud has since closed their doors as well. Another Livedrive reseller, BeeCloud, has released a news release today talking about their 512GB free online backup service. I can’t help but think they were a little jealous of Backify that came out on October 13 with the same offer, and then by October 18th…
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Backblaze Version 2.0 Released
Backblaze just announced that version two of their backup software has been released. This release is mostly a release to improve performance of their client software but it offers some significant improvements with their service. While Backblaze offered unlimited storage they did have limits on file size (of 9GB) and what types of files would…
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Dropbox Funding, API and Forbes
Dropbox is in the news again this last week with several new announcements. From raising more funding, a new API for mobile and web apps and a front page cover article on the upcoming Forbes magazine. While I don’t think most readers here care to much about how much money a company has raised,…
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Mapped Drive Support
One of the most asked questions I get by email is what companies support mapped drives or network drives. With more and more homes having multiple computers and network attached storage devices it is not surprising that people want one service that can backup their networked data as well as the information on their local…
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Backify To Stop Offering Free Accounts
In a move that is really not a surprise to anyone I am sure, Backify is already going to stop offering free 512GB accounts. It only took them 4 days since their launch to announce they are closing off new 512GB accounts. The good news is if you are one of the 50,000…
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SugarSync for Outlook
For those of you that are still using Outlook (I know I still have to use Outlook at work) here is a great new plugin for you, SugarSync for Outlook. I know this will help a lot of people that need to send large file attachments that use Outlook and the SugarSync plugin is a…
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Livedrive Resellers Besides Backify
Yesterday I mentioned that a new Livedrive reseller started up called Backify. They are offering a 512GB free account and have gotten some press because of it. I had a few minutes today to do a Google search or two and added to the Livedrive resellers list on the Livedrive review page.…
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Free Online Backup Service “Backify” Launched
Update People interesting in Backify should read the follow two posts as well: Backify To Stop Offering Free Accounts Livedrive Resellers Besides Backify Yesterday a new online backup service called Backify launched. While I saw the news release and some of the splash that was trying to be created I chose not…
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SOS Online Backup Social Backup
SOS Online Backup is on a roll releasing their Mac app recently and now they are offering a new free 5GB Facebook Backup service. This new service offers Facebook users 5GB of free space to backup Facebook information including: Wall Friends Photos Videos (in beta) Messages I don’t use Facebook often (not really a…
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Carbonite Offers Non-Profits Three Tips to Prepare for Giving Season
Carbonite just released three great tips for helping non-profits to help keep their data safe. Keeping good regular backups are important for business, but they are even more important for non-profits who often rely on volunteers. Carbonites three tips from the press release are: Perform continual backups, not periodic.¬†Data mishaps rarely occur with a…
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