Published: 04/11/2011 by EDX
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Introduction
If you don't have a system in place to back up your critical business data, you're putting your company at risk. Remote backup services protect businesses from viruses, natural disasters, and power outages by transferring copies of information stored on computers to a secure remote data center.
With remote backup, you select the files you want to copy and schedule when you want backups to occur. The system automatically copies the data, encrypts it, and sends it securely over the Internet to the vendor’s servers at a constantly monitored data center. If a user accidentally deletes a file or finds it is corrupted, you simply access the offsite backup server from your PC and download the most recent clean version.
Businesses may have serious reservations about sending customer information and confidential data over the Internet. However, since the software encrypts every file before it leaves your computers, the offsite backup process is highly secure. Even if the files fall into the wrong hands, the data can’t be accessed without the required password.
Remote backup vendors can offer solutions for all types of businesses and any amount of data. This BuyerZone Remote Backup Buyer’s Guide will explore how offsite backup works, which features are available, what to look for in a vendor, and how the pricing tiers work.
Table of contents
How online remote backup works
Choosing a remote backup vendor
Pricing guidelines
Actual costs for remote backup can vary tremendously based on the amount of data you wish to store and the number of employees accessing the software. Here are some very rough estimates.
Backup service |
Notes |
Estimated cost
|
Setup and installation |
Simple installation |
$70 to $150 per hour
|
Setup and installation |
Complex installation |
$150 to $250 per hour
|
First‐time backup |
One‐time fee |
$40 to $100
|
One‐time license fee |
Fee necessity varies by company |
$8 to $80 per user
|