What a remote back service does is that it provides end users with an online system for backing up and storing computer files and documents. This service is fast becoming popular and there are many managed backup service companies who offer this service.
Online backup and storage systems are designed and built around the client’s current software. It collects the data, compresses it and then encrypts it. Once done it electronically transfers the data to a remote server which resides with the service provider.
Company’s who offer this type of service tend to target a specific market.
The history surrounding online/remote backup services dates back to the heady days of the ‘dot-com’ boom. The first pioneers of this type of managed service provider concentrated on capturing a share of the market. This market was at that time fairly distributed amongst a few top of the line providers. Large companies saw the importance of this service and since then managed backup service providers has grown in leaps and bounds and it is predicted to grow even larger in the future as the need for storage facilities for both personal as well as large corporation storage increase.
Pricing for these services takes into account such things as the total amount of data that needs to be backed up as well as the amount of machines that need to be backed up. The maximum amount of versions of each file needs to be taken into consideration as well as the period of time the data needs to be retained and archived.
