Online backup is typically a costly option for individuals and small businesses because of recurring costs, but you can get some good bar¬gains if you hunt for them. Some companies like !Drive. Mozy (http://mozy. com/), and Carbonite (Online Backup: Easy, Completely Automatic. Secure. Carbonite.) offer packages tailored to the needs of individuals and small businesses.

The offerings are com¬parable in terms of cost. !Drive, for example, offers 2 GB of storage space for free, with unlimited space fur personal use at $49.50 (Rs 2,000) per year, and 50 GB to 500 GB for businesses at yearly rates starting from $99.50 (Rs 4, 000). These services typically require the installation of a client on the local machine; this is used to control settings and options. They offer the full range offeatures, right from scheduled backups to encryption-just like those offered by Desktop software.

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