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Dell published a white paper that offers the Top Ten Things you need to know about online data backup. Here's the list. For the whole story,

10: Data is more valuable than what it is stored on
9: Russian roulette is not a good model for backup procedures
8: Backup and recovery are key to regulatory compliance
7: The cost of downtime is high for large field organizations
6: Distributed organizations are prime data loss candidates
5: The proliferation of laptops has put more organizations at risk
4: Online backup is now available on-demand via the Internet
3: Data security and peace of mind are affordable
2: You can try online backup before you buy
1: Trust your data backup to a leading on-demand desktop management services provider

Here's a link to the full report: Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Online Data Backup

Here are a couple of consumer-oriented online backup services:

1. Mozy
2. Carbonite

Here's a new online backup, storage, and file sending service. It's a bit costly, but it does offer remote access and offsite storage. For the cost of a 250GB hard drive, you get 250GB worth of file storage. So, don't think of this as a backup solution, but rather as a remote backup solution.

One of the basic principles of backups is storing your backup offsite, in case of fire, theft, or other calamity. Memopal serves this purpose. More expensive than a safe deposit box, for sure, but you don't have to run back and forth to a bank, either. All your updates are done in real-time.

Pretty cool. Got $99? Just try it out.

Online Backup - Memopal

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Mozy Online Backup. 2GB Free or $4.95/mo for Unlimited Backup. It's simple, automatic and secure!

Yes, this is a sales pitch, but for good reason. You don't want to lose your data, do you? Retrieving lost data is expensive and sometimes impossible. Do the easy thing -- back up your data online. It really is easy, safe, and secure. Oh, it's automagic too.

This is one of those "duh" things to do, as I think we've all done this before. I do it quite regularly, but this application provides a very slick, right-click-in-Windows-Explorer way of backing up files on your system by sending them to Gmail.

By the way, if you don't have a Gmail account, email me or go here.