Computer Backup Awareness in 2018: Getting Better and Getting Worse
From my preferred online backup company, Backblaze posts a good ‘state of backup awareness’. The percentage of computer owners backing up all the data on their computer has steadily increased over the years, from 65% in 2008 to 76% in 2018. That’s awesome, but at the other end of the time spectrum it’s not so pretty. The percentage of computer owners backing up once a day or more often is 6% in 2018. That’s…
Podcast Ep. 02 – CrashPlan shutting down personal plans.
Yesterday one of the leading cloud backup service providers, CrashPlan, announced it was ending support for its consumer level plans. CrashPlan for Home will be shut down as of October 23, 2018. Current CrashPlan for home users will receive an extra 60 days of backup service for free. No new signups or renewals are being processed. CrashPlan still has a Business service and are suggesting home users move to Carbonite with a discount for the…