The Backup Business
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 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 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…
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