BackBlaze is the latest online backup software provider to confirm it's support for the new Microsoft Windows 7 Operating System.

The company confirmed that it has tested it's product for compatability with the new OS and provided guidance for users upgrading from older systems such as Windows XP and Vista.  According to BackBlaze, 6% of it's customers are already using the new operating system just a short time after it's launch.

Users upgrading to Windows 7 from Vista who are able to use the 'In-Place Upgrade' option get the easiest transition with BackBlaze web backup continuing to work without any changes required by the user.

Anyone upgrading from Windows XP or using the 'Custom Install' option when upgrading from Vista need to follow some steps on the BackBlaze website to ensure that their backups continue but, don't worry, the steps are actually pretty straight forward providing you follow them carefully – we recommend reading them through before starting the upgrade as there are important notes about ensuring you don't have multiple copies of BackBlaze running at one time.

BackBlaze offer a free 15 day trial of it's web backup service and competes with the likes of Mozy, Carbonite, SugarSync and ElephantDrive.

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Improved memory usage, simpler options and performance improvements are just some of the changes that have been made by the Web Backup software provider, Mozy, in it’s latest release of the company’s online backup offering.

The new version, Mozy 1.5, for Mac OS X is part of ongoing improvements to this popular web backup solution and comes during a time of great expansion for EMC Company as it announces a raft of partnerships with organizations ranging from Chinese internet service providers to mobile phone giants.

Mozy 1.5 for Mac has better memory usage which reduces the resources it requires allowing both the software and your Apple Mac to run that little bit faster (not that many of us complain about the speed of our awesome Macs!).  The menu options bar has been simplified and the overall stability and performance of the software has been improved.

Users can choose to download the update immediately or just allow their existing Mozy software to update itself which usually happens within a few days.

Competitors such as Carbonite, Backblaze and SugarSync are also improving their online backup offerings but the pace or Mozy’s expansion keeps them up there as a big contender in this evolving market.

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Mozy, the web backup service provide for home and business, yesterday announced that it was upgrading the status of Apple’s new Snow Leopard OS X operating system to the ‘preferred’ OS for its online backup application.

A representative of the company confirmed on their website that the new operating system provided extra stability and speed for their application and they were also keen to encourage users to switch to Snow Leopard as soon as possible with the comment that “The sooner we get the majority of our Mac users on Snow Leopard,
the sooner our engineers can take advantage of Snow Leopard’s 64-bit
architecture”.

Their confidence in the new operating system will come as welcome news to users of the Mozy backup software who may have been waiting to upgrade but keen to ensure that their data would be safe.

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