Online Backup Solutions Reviewed
Online backup tools is all about making it easy for you to choose the right online backup solution for you needs. Here is a list of the online backup servcies we’ve tested.
Dropbox is a online backup solution operated by Evenflow, Inc. Dropbox enables users to store and sync files online and between computers. Dropbox is availble for Windows, Mac, and Linux and enables users to drop any file into a Dropbox folder that is then synced to the Dropbox online storage, and any other Dropbox enable computers users have.
Dropbox is an online backup storage service, its focus is on syncing and sharing of files. Dropbox has a version control system that helps users know the history of a file they may be currently working on, which allows more than simultaneous edits to files without losing its previous form. Dropbox uses Amazon’s S3 storage system to store the files and SoftLayer Technologies for their backend infrastructure.
SugarSync is Sharpcast’s online backup solution launced in March 2008. Sugarsync is designed to sync all of your files (documents, media, photos, etc.) across as many machines as needed. Newsweek editor N’Gai Croal dubbed SugarSync an “interesting solution” even before its launch for its ability to “automatically sync your documents, photos and multimedia files to the company’s servers and any machine you designate.”
SugarSync has an integrated and intelligent automatic refresh of its sync feature and constantly monitors changes to files—additions, deletions, edits—and syncs these changes with any other linked devices as well as the SugarSync servers.
SugarSync is also used as an online backup solution and users can access all their data from a personalized subdomain on the SugarSync website.
Sugarsync review coming soon.
SpiderOak provides innovative cloud-based personal data management services that simplify the process of backing up, accessing, organizing, sharing and synchronizing data from any number of computers or external storage media. SpiderOak is a privately held company.
The company’s solution suite:
- a) protects users against data loss;
- b) permits browser-based access to information from the user’s personal computing devices and/or from any Internet-enabled device;
- c) ensures common file availability across multiple user machines without automatic synchronization services;
- d) offers password-protected ‘ShareRooms’ for easy family/friend/colleague access; and
- e) provides a variety of technical advantages for efficient and cost-effective data management.
SpiderOak review coming soon.
