What Is Online Backup

Online backup is a more efficient and easier way to back up your computer files. Your files are securely encrypted, copied, and backed up to servers in an off site data center. This keeps your data safe from things like theft, floods, fires, or hard drive crashes.

You might already use CDs/DVDs or external hard drives to back up your data. The main difference and benefit that online backup offers over those options is convenience. Face it, backing up your computer is usually not a priority. You forget to do it. Or maybe, you don’t know how to do it. It is just too much of a hassle and can take a long time. Online backup manages the back up process for you and with Carbonite Online Backup it is simple, automatic, and does not require any technical knowledge.

Online backup is a form of cloud computing. read about cloud computing here.