Thursday, March 19, 2009

Here it is: Cloud Backup for SMBs

clouds.jpg The name is Zmanda, and trust me on this, it is the solution you have been waiting for.  The Cloud, what all savvy PC users in the 21st Century know is the new buzzword for cyberspace is where it happens.   Out there where we all roam free as the birds there's a new land to occupy.   For SMBs (that's another dreaded acronym for Small to Medium Sized Business), and individuals, this equates to generous slabs of cheap storage space available external to your business premises.   The mantra for all wise business managers is, and always will be, backup, backup, backup…and again, backup.    The best backup is done off-site and away from your business premises.  A fire or other disaster can destroy onsite storage never to be seen again.  You should backup locally, but off-site is vital.  No backup is suicidal.  Of course, off-site has the same risk, but  a reputable third party will also backup their servers and anyway, life's a lottery, the secret to work the odds in your favour.   Enter Zmanda Enterprise 3.0.  To quote their own blurb, this Windows based little beauty offers a fully-supported solution for backing up Windows files, applications, databases and networked devices to the cloud.   Of course it is fully automated for regular backup and easy to use.  Further, it costs the massive amount of US$50 one-time fee for the software and storage fees with the all new Amazon S3 is the unbelievable US$0.20 per Gigabyte per month.  For SMBs and private individuals with manageable amounts of data that is very low cost.  You can read more about Zamanda at the Zmanda Home site.  You can download Zmanda here: Download Zmanda.  

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