| Today, the wonderful services long afforded big | | | | well were less fortunate. |
| businesses are available to small businesses, | | | | The costs that used to be associated with such |
| home-based businesses and even ordinary home | | | | storage made it an option only for the large financial |
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| computer user can link to a remote data storage | | | | files. Today, new technology has made it affordable |
| company and make automatic copies of selected files. | | | | for medium and small businesses to take advantage |
| This can be absolutely essential for rebuilding a hard | | | | of data storage. Some companies even specialize in |
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| natural disaster. The offsite data backup software | | | | The storage companies send offsite data backup |
| enables any computer to have its important files | | | | software to the new customer to install. This enables |
| preserved by professional technicians in a safe server | | | | the user to select the files to be stored and how often |
| located far away from any flood, earthquake or | | | | copies will be uploaded over a LAN or the Internet. |
| tornado that could damage the original computer files. | | | | The offsite data backup software is different for |
| Far and Away | | | | different companies. High-end offsite data backup |
| For years, businesses dependant on large masses of | | | | software is able to backup open files without any |
| sensitive data have relied on offsite data backup | | | | add-ons, including the complex files for database |
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| files need to be rebuilt. The terror attacks on | | | | ready for multi-site backup for small businesses with |
| September 11, 2001 caused part of New York City to | | | | multiple office locations. |
| be shut down for a considerable time, creating a | | | | Very good offsite data backup software even offers |
| situation where many banks and stock exchange | | | | online access to the user's files. Most offsite data |
| companies were unable to access their primary | | | | backup software is ready to backup a variety of |
| offices. The companies that were able to open | | | | platforms and set the online schedules for automatic |
| secondary offices and download their business | | | | copying. Once a user understands how much data |
| information quickly were able to continue their | | | | storage he needs, he's ready to select his storage |
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