| Internet Backup
Title : Internet Backup
Audience : Small business principals. Non technical
with an interest in data backup.
User I.T. Knowledge 2/10
Source : http://www.backupanytime.com/whitepaper.htm
Posted : Feb 07
Reviewed August 07
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Internet backup is a commonly misused term for online
backup. There are as of multiple advances in technology,
some very important differences between modern commercial
online backup and Internet backup. Most modern online
backup systems include some important factors which
distinguish them from traditional cheap and cheerful
Internet backup. Plain Internet backup is common with
free, no support backup options.
Internet backup has been around since effectively the
Internet It involved simply sending a copy of data from
one place to another over the Internet
Most modern online backup providers offer significantly
more than this. Sending data across the Internet in
its purest form is called F.T.P. (file transfer protocol)
and does not as standard offer any encryption of data
to protect it or compression to reduce its size. You
wouldn't knowingly do this with your critical data.
Would you knowingly use free software or services to
backup over the Internet If so, you may be less secure
than you think.
Modern Internet backup is called commercial remote-backup
or commercial online-backup so if a company offers online
backup and refers to Internet backup or offers free
service, question it carefully Are they using phrases
too loosely or are they intentionally or unintentionally
misrepresenting themselves altogether. Even if you are
offered encryption you should check out which type it
is. Every level of encryption is eventually cracked
so the industry standard is to increase the encryption
levels as technology changes. This should be a standard
service provided by your online backup company and should
require no payment beyond your subscription.
- Your intended online backup provider should tell
you exactly where your data is kept.
- Any remote-backup company you consider should have
verifiable quality references from your region.
- Your chosen backup company should be based in or
have strong presence in your political location.
- A good test of this is the ability to pay by cheque.
If your provider accepts credit cards only this may
be a good indicator that they have no clearing facility
for payments from your region and this could be an
indication of weak local presence.
You get what you pay for. Some products and services
can be profitable for a provider when provided for free
if th user will agree to view advertisements when using
the system or to accept marketing emails from affiliate
companies. Remote-backup is however wholly unsuited
to this type of scenario because of the assistance required
on inception and the critical one to one support requirement
when you need to use it. Also of great importance is
the ability of the provider to ensure confidentiality
and security of your information. Any contract you enter
in to should ensure you are not charged for encryption
technology advances and that you do not have to request
them.
If any intended provider uses the term “Internet
backup”, establish weather he or she is a veteran
of the business and is therefore just using original
terminology or if there is any anomaly in their type
of service versus the latest online backup systems available.
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