Online Backup For the Consumer: How Safe Are Your Data?

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 20, 2008 -- When disaster strikes and the sole recovery of computer data depends on reliable backup, devastation reaches even more agonizing levels when the restore function fails and the consumer, not skilled in the ways of computer technology, is at the mercy of computer geeks.

Grand Lifestyle Publisher, the Miami-based online publisher serving the general public as “Your How To Source: Issues of Value, Ethics, Human Needs and Deeds” (www.GrandLifestyle.com) is conducting research for a white paper focusing on “Online Backup For the Consumer: How Safe Are Your Data?”

The urgent need for such a study surfaced when Grand Lifestyle’s publisher, Heinz Dinter, PhD, experienced the devastating consequences of online backup failure.

“My nightmare was compleat,” recalls the experienced computer entrepreneur and publisher whose computer technology experience covers 50 years. “When I attempted to restore files that were allegedly saved by Carbonite, I failed, and seeking the help of Carbonite technical support personnel did not help either,” the frustrated Carbonite subscriber says. “I uninstalled the Carbonite program, suffer the permanent loss of many years of highly important data, and now deal with the prospect of serious damage to my publishing business.”

The white paper research will focus on and report on the following:
• What is online backup/restore and how does it work?
• Is there a flaw in the concept and offering of online backup service?
• How to confirm the ability and reliability of the service offered.
• How to test the restore function before disaster strikes.
• How secure are your data, both in transit and while stored on the service provider’s computer?
• To what extent, if any, are you in the clutches of the online backup provider you select?
• What happens if the online backup service provider’s business fails?

• What happens if dishonest people are in the employ of the online backup service provider?
• How can you ascertain the service provider’s competence, honesty, and integrity?
• How realistic are endorsements from prominent entities?
• What are the alternatives to online backup services?

Grand Lifestyle is urging people who are using online backup services to contribute to the research study with their experiences, suggestions and comments. Dr. Dinter can be contacted at HDinter@GrandLifestyle.com.

“Relying on backup service can maim you, if it explodes,” warns Dr. Dinter. “I came face to face with an explosive like carbonite and the suffering I was forced to endure must not be allowed to rob others of peace of mind.”
“Now I know how Han Solo felt when he was trapped in carbonite. Screaming on earth can be and must be heard. Every computer user deserves sleeping well at night knowing his data are safe,” says the computer expert turned publisher.

The topic of online backup will be discussed at a Grand Lifestyle One-On-One Webinar on January 28, 2009. Details are available at www.GrandLifestyle.com.

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