Internet Backups And File Sharing

Worried about losing the data on your computer? You could save your data onto CD, DVD, or to an external USB device. Another option is to save your data onto a secure internet server. Keeping your backups off-site protects you from theft, fire, and equipment failure. Internet backup servicesprovide software that will automatically back up your essential files, mail messages, etc. so you don't have to manually fiddle with CD's, DVD's, or USB storage. Making our lives simpler and saving us time: Isn't that what computers are supposed to do?

There's another class of internet file storage where you upload (save) files yourself. This type of service is more appropriate for data that you want to share with someone else and that doesn't constantly change (since backing it up would be repetitious for you). A sampling of these providers are listed in the second table below.

Follow this link for a sampling of backup service providers and internet storage services.