Choosing an online backup product can be difficult.  So, here at the Web Backup Guide we aim to simplify that process by showing you the options and comparing the products that are available.

There are many competing products and the best way to find the one that is right for you is to give them a go so we have provided links to free trials for each of the most popular pieces of software.  We have tried them all and they are simple to install and use.

When looking for the best online backup software product to suit your needs it is important to think about how much data space you will need (we recommend going for an unlimited plan so that you don’t need to think too hard about it) and where your files are located.  Some of the products will back up mapped network drives and some wont – don’t confuse this with USB harddrives – these are completely different and most backup software can handle USB drives but, if in doubt, check with them before you buy.

Some offer monthly payment plans and some have an annual fee instead – there are also some with free accounts for small amounts of data.

Look at the web backup products in the table and use the Free Trial to see if it’s the one for you!

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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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Thanks for the info David! Carbonite offers a 15 day free trial.

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Mozy has confirmed that it has been testing it's web backup software with Microsoft Windows 7 and is now able to confirm that the products are compatibile.

The news comes very shortly after the launch of the new Windows 7 operating system and repeats Mozy's speed in confirming it's support for the new Apple OS X Snow Leopard system that was released in September.  Snow Leopard take up was faster and more widespread than many expected and Mozy's quick repsonse will please it's users.

Mozy is keen to recommend that users of new hardware and software get off to a good start by installing their online backup software system.

Yesterday,  the software developer also released a new version of it's web backup product for both Windows and Mac OS X giving improved backup of external hard-drives for Mac users and minor reliability improvements for both PC and Mac systems.

Mozy offer a free 15 day trial to new users who want to try out their product.

The online backup market is dominated by a selection of web backup software providers including Carbonite, Mozy, Backblaze and SugarSync amongst others.

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McAffe is best know for it’s anti-virus product which also includes other online security threat protection such as identity theft, spyware and phishing scams.  So far, the company has concentrated on stopping user data loss via malicious means but the new tie-up with Mozy sees them entering a new market.

Mozy’s leading online backup software product looks at protecting data from other threats – namely, theft, accidental damage and hardware failure.  The Mozy system works silently in the background and uploads user data securely to a remote online server.  This keeps the backup away from the original and allows users to ‘fire-and-forget’ when setting up their backup solution.

No hardware is required and the software can be downloaded for free from the internet.  Mozy already offers this service to over a million users for a low monthly or annual fee and a free trial is available.

At present the service from McAfee is only available to US customers but the company promises that other countries will get the web backup offering over the next year.

Mozy claims to be the worlds most trusted online backup service and competes with Carbonite, Backblaze, SugarSync, iDrive and SpiderOak amongs others in the fast growing market.

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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 services company, has teamed up with China’s largest telecommunications and broadband privider, China Telecom, to launch a new service called eYun.

eYun is chinese for eCloud and the product iteslf allows users to backup their data online over the internet.  Based on the Mozy platform which is in use by over 1 million users worldwide it is hoped that the new service will appeal to China Telecoms 214 million fixed line and 47 million broadband  users as well as it’s 35 million mobile users.

Mozy and China Telecom have been running a trial of 15,000 users and now say they are ready for mass release of the online backup service which will go on sale immediately.  Providing secure web backup services to the largest internet market in the world will push the already successful Mozy backup service to the forefront with it’s competitors such as BackBlaze, SugarSync and Carbonite surely keen to make a place for themselves in this emerging market also.

Mozy is a Decho Corporation product.  Decho is an EMC company based in Seattle, USA.  The eYun website is www.51eyun.com

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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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EMC is using it’s Information Honors program to reward students from the more than 300 colleges and universities within the EMC Academic Alliance. Selected students who achieve the highest grade point averages in information storage and management for the 2009/2010 academic year will be rewarded with an Iomega Network Storgage device and a 2 year subscription to Mozy, the company’s web backup product.  Read the full store here.

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Mozy, the online web backup company, has released version 1.4.3 of it’s
software in a hurried attempt to fix a bug that prevented Apple Time
Machine users from backing up to their Time Capsules.

Following an earlier release of a Mozy update some users of the Apple
Time Machine / Time Capsule combo started to experience problems.  On
the 13th August a statement on the Mozy website brought the fix that
users we waiting for.

Devin Knighton, representing the company, said:  “Earlier this week a bug was discovered in our 1.4.1 Mac release that
affected our customers who were using Time Machine with Time Capsule or
Time Machine with a network share of another Mac.”

It is though that the bug affected the ability of Time Machine to mount
the Time Capsule drive and was caused by a backup process running in
the Mozy software.  Frustrated users posted on the company’s blog with
accusations that the company was slow to notify it’s users of the
problem with it’s online backup application.

Berkeley Data Systems, providers of Mozy online backup was acquired by
EMC Corporation in October 2007.  Their web backup products are
available for home and business use and compete against similar
services from Carbonite and BackBlaze.

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