Title : Laptop online backup
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Posted : Aug 07
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Laptop online backup

Backupanytime developed an early lead in laptop online backup with the backupanytime mobile workforce online backup product range. Most competitors don't distinguish between the two and offer the same solutions for both. So what is the problem which needed to be solved for the mobile workforce? To answer this we need to examine the crucial differences between fixed position PC and mobile laptop backup requirements.
These key differences between workstation and laptop backup may be examined as follows.

Monitoring of backup status:
Given that laptops may be out of office on occasion or for extended periods one serious weakness in the standard online backup chain (and traditional off line backup methods) was the lack of information at head or sub office level as regarding mobile workforce backup status at individual and group level.
Backupanytime addressed this through the backupanytime mobile workforce services by allowing multiple backup status report recipients to be put in place and to be amended at any time. This allows authorized parties at management and I.T. level to receive complete status reports on one, some or all mobile workforce members backup.

Out of range issues:
It is often very difficult to provide effective data communication coverage for mobile users as they may be in remote regions and their period of stay in those regions may not allow the time or warrant the investment to ensure coverage.
Backupanytime address this issue through a number of implementations. We provide internalized backup continuity which allows a system to continue from the last backup at the next connection. We support connections from all major and many small operator services which allows transfer generally through cable, satellite, 3G, radio and gsm. Our authentication system does not require or allow or servers to initiate connection so our servers wait continually for until client systems can connect and will allow them to connect at any time regardless of backup schedule. Users can change their schedules at any time and can initiate once off or ongoing manual online backups.

Backup support for mobile workforce team members.
Commonly, support for online backup is geared towards head office level leaving the clients head office providing level one support to mobile work force members and receiving level two support from their online backup company.
Backupanytime provide support for head office, sub office and individual team members as instructed by out clients. This negated any requirement for or delays and confusion as a consequence of level one and two support delegation.

Team member additions.
Generally, a new backup account is treated as a new backup client, leaving no group support, communication or financial saving benefits for later additions and amendments.
With backupanytime, each client is a group regardless of the number of connections. Any modifications made will allow for group support and provide any savings due to economies of scale automatically to the parent account.

Team member modifications
A team member change may require the new member to continue with the data archive of the previous member or may require minor to significant changes. Data continuity with user privilege modification is an area of great difficulty to many online backup providers.
Our mobile workforce backup system is designed with group management in mind and caters for group online backup member changes allowing complete continuity, partial data continuity or new account status modifications.

Account usage level.
Mobile workforce data store requirements may vary widely from member to member and time to time. Add to this the difficulty of head office reconciling what quantities of data should reasonably pertain to any mobile work force member at any time, there is a complex problem of account reconcile with almost all providers.
Our data thresholds are virtual accounting figures. If a user sends a larger quantity than their account is set for, that data will be accepted and retained for them. No additional invoice will be raised. Our contact in your company will be notified if the excess data quantity is excessive and she can decide if the action to be taken is data reduction or account upgrade. We will not make that decision and we will continue to backup. Obviously a time line to decision may be detailed if a decision is not forthcoming in a timely manner. We are however in the main talking months here rather than days.

Laptop computer project, usage or member transfer
Often, the lack of a facility to manage laptop project or usage changes results in a system which has been through a number of workforce members hands holding an online backup account with data which is not relevant to the current user. This may result in data protection infringements and wasteful online backup overspend.
Backupanytime cater for laptop online backup user, usage and data retention modifications by accepting instructions from head office and support for users. This allows you to keep data backup relevant and appropriate for each user without over investment in time or money on individual modifications.

Emergency retrieval of data for mobile users.
This is a serious issue for many online backup users and consequently no different for laptop team users and client management. The problem arises when a mobile workforce member is out of range and needs to restore urgently
The backupanytime encrypted local data store addresses this important issue by retaining an encrypted version of all backed up data locally on each client system. Given that this data is encrypted it is available for immediate local restore regardless of connection speed status. This one factor in itself, let alone all of the other crucial benefits offered is a major contributing factor in mobile workforce team leaders choosing backupanytime as online data backup partners.

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