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Do You Need an Umbrella for Your Cloud?

Almost anyone who does any kind of computing, whether it’s at a desktop or on a mobile device, has heard about the “cloud.” However, how many people really know what that means? If you’ve ever asked yourself: “what exactly is this…
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Does Your Cloud Backup Provider Have Real Staying Power?

Are you satisfied with your cloud backup provider or does it have you feeling a little gray about your storage forecast? There’s no question that backing up your vital computer data to a cloud service is a wise thing to do, but you also have…
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To Sync or Backup, What Is the Difference?

Unless you live in a cave, then you probably know how important it is to back up your computer data. However, you also know that files and documents and any other important information stored on a computer can be lost at any given moment due…
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Want Your Data Securely Backed Up? Send it to Canada

Most people are aware that the risk of hackers or other kinds of storage breaches are always present. Even the government has been known to spy on its citizens and to what level they still do that is not completely known. The bottom line is…

Preparing Your Business for SaaS Solutions

With more and more businesses depending on digital applications to keep their enterprises running, the era of “Software as a Service”, or SaaS, is indeed upon us. However, even though SaaS providers are making things easier for businesses…

The Importance of SSAE 16 Compliance for Cloud Vendors

Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements 16, or “SSAE 16”, is a stringent auditing protocol that seeks to ensure that organizations adhere to certain standards as to their financial and data security practices. Whereas it’s…

10 Important Reasons to Back Up in the Cloud

The importance of digital information is at an all-time high, and nowhere is this more so the case than in the world of business.  Indeed, when one considers the fact that 93% of companies that suffer significant data loss end up going out…

Keeping Your Email Safe and Secure With Online Data Backup

No one can deny the level of convenience and efficiency that email has brought to our day-to-day communications. Indeed, of all of the important data that makes up our digital lifestyles, the information contained in our email accounts can often…

The Increasing Importance of Backup for Macs

There are many reasons why a business may elect to use Macs instead of PCs. They are often considered more stable, more user-friendly, and most importantly, there are many high-level professional programs and applications that can only be run…

Kaspersky's "Malware" Identification of KineticD's software is a False Positive

On Monday June 4, Kaspersky Internet Security 2012 applied an update to their antivirus program that incorrectly categorized several online backup solutions, such as KineticD and Symantec, as malware. When a backup program is identified as malware,…

Who Really Owns Your Files on Google Drive?

It only took a few hours after launching, but Google Drive, the new cloud storage service, is already facing widespread criticism when it was discovered that the search giant owns its users’ files the moment they are uploaded. This is not…

Data Synchronization vs. Cloud Backup in 2012

As we negotiate our way through another very promising new year in the cloud computing world, there is still some widespread confusion with various aspects of cloud backup. One of these points of confusion seems to be the difference between…