IBackup has consistently received good reviews for its performance in the field of Remote backup.

Remote backup is a generic term for data backup from your PC to a remote storage system. The concept has gained prominence in recent years with large enterprises and SMEs incorporating such systems as part of their organization-wide IT strategy and among individuals who understand its advantages.

Remote backup cannot be viewed in isolation, as it is a system by itself. The quality of service, effective uptime, world-class data centers and end consumer products combine to make IBackup extremely popular among the above.

Find below some key features of the service:

SMEs are looking at -

• Reliable solutions in the field of remote backup
  
• 24 X 7 customer service
  
• High levels of encryption to ensure that the integrity of data is not compromised
  
• Reliable backup products that suit their requirements
  
• Reasonable performance levels for backups/restores (they are looking at this as a solution that would take backups to an offsite location)
  
• Specific features/benefits (varies from enterprise to enterprise)
• Web-access to allow their end-users to access their data from anywhere (at least for retrieval operations)
• Data retention benefits such that their users can retrieve data backed up as of a fixed previous time interval
  

Remember - above are only some aspects but nevertheless common to any SME's needs.

How does IBackup fulfill these requirements?

• The backup application comes with a user-intuitive screen that enables easy selection of files/folders for the purpose of backup, retrieval and backup scheduling.
  
• The security level benefits of our service include encryption of all data, using the industry standard 128-bit Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption for transmission.
  
• The data retention features provide for a better snapshot-based versioning of up to 10 versions. This helps retrieve old data, as of a particular date.
  
• Mirroring of data between data centers for the enterprise users' data to ensure protection.

SMEs typically consider online backup for its merits over the traditional rotational tape backup scheduling mechanism. Market research reveals that SMEs agree that tape backups are cumbersome and that they were looking at remote backup as an alternative.

How does IBackup fit in?
IBackup meets these needs perfectly - IBackup Professional is compliant with many of the regulatory frameworks in place today - http://www.ibackup.com/professional/online-backup-compliance.htm

What are end-users looking at?
End-users are looking for a simple backup solution that performs the task accurately and efficiently. They usually do not have high-speed data links. The majority operates on a DSL connection. For them, time taken for backup is key in deciding the remote backup system.

Thus, end-consumers are essentially looking for a system that effortlessly integrates with their day-to-day activities, is hassle free and intuitive.

How does IBackup fit in this scenario?
Over 1,50,000 end-consumers rely on IBackup for their day-to-day remote backup needs. We make for a sensible option given the breadth of operating systems that the service can work on, 24 x 7 customer support, several possible interfaces and benefits such as high data retention.

For instance, IBackup for Windows can retrieve files up to 10 previous days (using its Snapshots feature) while IBackup Professional can retrieve up to 30 individual file/backup set versions. Heavy encryption (128-bit SSL) is employed at every stage in the backup/retrieval process and during sensitive user information transfer between the client agent and the IBackup data centers.

IBackup - International edition supports language character sets such as French, Spanish, German as also a host of other regional language character sets etc.

Clearly, IBackup is the proven leader in remote backup, as echoed by thousands of users worldwide.