Dan Sherman wrote today about getting into the software backup business.
As more information is trusted to home computers, especially computers running Windows and Internet Explorer, it really is only a matter of time before they many people experience their first major computer crash and lose everything.
Dan’s idea is to start a service where you actually go into someone’s home and and setup a program to run on their computer to backup their data to a remote location because:
Backing up computers is the single most important task anyone who relies on their computer can do on a regular basis. But hardly anyone does it.
If you’re technically inclined and the idea appeals to you, check out BackupPC, free software that will allow operate the backend of such a service.
Business Opportunities Weblog on September 3rd, 2004 at 9:13 am
More Backup Business
Just in time for the Backup Business I discussed earlier, LaCie today announced a 1.6 terabyte external hard drive for only $1,199! 1.6 terabytes is 1,677,721.6 megabytes, so it’s only $0.00071 per megabyte. Wow!…
Business Opportunities Weblog on September 3rd, 2004 at 9:15 am
How to Take Your Data With You in an Evacuation
Robert Cringely: Hurricane Frances is bearing down on Charleston, our third hurricane or tropical storm in a month, and the first one big enough to motivate the locals. While the conventional wisdom of old-time Charlestonians seems to center on getting…