Remote Data Backup works basically like regular data backup software, with one important difference. Instead of sending backups to a tape drive or other media attached to the computer it is backing up, Remote Backup sends the backup over regular telephone lines or network connections to another computer safely offsite. It usually does this at night while your computers aren't being used. It's completely automatic. Most businesses put their lives on the line every night and don't realize it. With businesses depending more and more on the data stored in their computers, proper backups are becoming much more critical.

Regular backup systems that are not automated usually overlook or incorrectly complete essential steps that are accomplished by remote data backup systems. Most businesses do not do backups on a reliable schedule for one reason or another. This is often the result of someone who is otherwise too busy to do so or is using the computer for another task when it should be backing up its data. Remote backups are usually done at night using automated software and so are much more reliable than other systems..

The correct files are backed up. Ordinary backup software is often installed with a list of files to be backed up. This set of files usually represents the state of the system when the software was installed, and often misses critical files. Further, it often fails to back up files that get added later. Compounding this problem, very few businesses take the trouble to reset their backup software regularly to include new files.

Remote Data Backup solves this problem by constantly reevaluating your computer system, adding files to the backup as needed. Redundant copies of files are stored using a sophisticated version control system unavailable in most other backup software of any kind. This is much too important to overlook.

Online data backup service requires, by definition, redundancy. There must be multiple copies of each file stored at different points in their development. These are called "versions". Versions aid data loss protection. For each backup session, there should be a different copy of every file that was saved at each backup session. And each of these files should be easily restored up to a given point in time. Not only should banks and big corporations do it, so should small businesses. The only program with such an easy-to-use version control system is Remote Backup.

In order for your backed up data to be completely secure, it must be encrypted. Typically, a tape backup will not be, thus allowing private corporate and client data such as billing, payroll, tax info and other data to be easily accessed and read. Remote Backup provides a great solution to this problem: store all the encrypted data on several sites. That way, even if the worst happens, data can be restored easily, and the company can be quickly doing business again.