Automatic Backup, Easy File Retrieval: How Connected Backup for PC and Mac Works
- Install the Connected Backup for PC and Mac Agent (a small piece of software) on the computer(s) you want to protect.
- Allow the Agent to select the files to back up, or select the files yourself.
- Connected Backup for PC and Mac does the rest. Your information will be available for easy retrieval, up to the last time you were online.
Automatic Backup
Connected Backup for PC and Mac offers the first user-friendly, automated method to protect the information that resides on your company's desktop and laptop computers.
Rather than relying on CDs, Zip drives or floppy disks, Connected Backup for PC and Mac subscription service automatically backs up your company's computers to the Iron Mountain Data Center through a secure Internet connection, employing the same encryption technologies used by the U.S. government to transmit classified data. In fact, the information that's backed up and retrieved is encrypted right at the computer, and remains encrypted both in transit and in storage. No other service offers this level of security.
Easy Set-Up
Connected Backup for PC and Mac deploys a small software Agent to each protected computer to aid in the backup and retrieval of data. Download and installation of the Connected Backup for PC and Mac Agent takes just minutes. The Agent allows the scheduling of regular backup times, forcing of unscheduled backup, file retrieval, CD or DVD ordering for stored data and user log review.
Once an initial overnight back up is done, subsequent backups take place automatically with no user intervention needed. Connected Backup for PC and Mac is so efficient, update backups can typically be done in the few minutes it takes to read email, even over a dial-up connection.
On-Demand Data Retrieval
When the time comes that they're needed, stored files are easily accessed from the computer where they originated. If that computer is unavailable for any reason, files can be retrieved to any computer with an Internet connection. (See Requirements, below.) All it takes is a few mouse clicks. Individual files are instantly accessible, and customers have told us they've done complete bottom-to-top computer data restorations in as little as an hour.
Comprehensive & Faster Than Fast
How can Connected Backup for PC and Mac back up all your company's information in just a few minutes per day? The answer lies in our patented, best-of-breed data reduction and compression technologies.
Delta Block™ - This patented technology ensures that, once a file has been backed up, only changes to that file are backed up next time around. The amount of total data sent is much smaller than would be otherwise, enabling a quicker backup even over dial-up connections.
SendOnce™ - Another patented technology, SendOnce prevents extra copies of shared or duplicate files from being stored. So you don't end up wasting time and space to store the same files over and over again.
Together, these data management tools allow Connected Backup for PC and Mac and to maintain a complete and up-to-date backup copy of all your company's data, available only to your authorized users, whenever and wherever you need it.
Requirements
Connected Backup for PC and Mac subscription service provides automatic back up and easy retrieval for computers that fit the following parameters:
Operating Systems:
Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4
Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 1, or Windows XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2 Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 1, or Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005
Windows Vista Home Basic, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Ultimate
Mac OSX version 10.4 and 10.5, multiprocessor
Processor:
Windows® 2000 Professional: 133 MHz or faster.
Windows® XP Home Edition, Windows® XP Professional, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005: 233 MHz or faster required, 300 MHz or faster recommended.
Windows Vista: 32-bit processor, 800 MHz or faster required, 1 GHz or faster recommended.
Mac Intel Core Duo, Core Solo or Core 2 Duo, Java version 1.5.0_16 or later
Memory:
Windows 2000 Professional, Windows XP: 256 MB minimum, 512 MB or greater recommended.
Windows Vista: 512 MB minimum, 1 GB or greater recommended
Mac: 2 GB RAM required
Web Browser: Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher; Safari 2.x or later
