Live Google Hangout with Carbonite and Ramon Ray Today To Discuss Collaboration and Productivity

Today, at 10am EST (January 22nd) join Ramon Ray, Swami Kumaresan, who oversees Carbonite’s new growth initiatives (their labs for new and cool products) and Chris Petersen, senior product manager at Carbonite, as they discuss file sharing and collaboration in YOUR growing business.

Carbonite is launching a new file sharing and synchronization tool, joining the market that is now dominated by Dropbox, Box, Yousendit. ShareFile and so many others.

We’ll discuss Carbonite’s new offering, the overall marketplace of file sharing and how you can be more productive in your business.

Watch the discussion on Google Hangout live at http://www.smallbiztechnology.com/hangout

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Tax Preparation Made Easier With Carbonite Online Backup

By Carbonite, Inc.

Posted: 9:05am on Feb 23, 2012; Modified: 9:10am on Feb 23, 2012

BOSTON, Feb. 23, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- With tax preparation in full swing, Carbonite, Inc. (NASDAQ: CARB), a leading provider of online backup solutions for consumers and small and medium sized businesses, offers people the peace of mind that their important tax documents are safe and secure.

More than half of Americans (51%) have experienced a computer crash where they lost all of their digital files, but 39% admit they have never backed up their computers, or haven't done so in more than a year. As Americans begin to prepare their taxes, online backup solutions from Carbonite offer a simple solution for protecting important tax documents and other valuable files.

"Tax preparation is already a stressful time for most of us. As people focus on gathering their tax forms and receipts, the last thing they should have to think about is protecting their important data, too," said Tom Murray, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Carbonite. "Carbonite's service is 'set it and forget it.' It automatically backs up the files on your computer so you can invest your time tracking down tax deductions, instead of worrying about whether or not your files are protected."

In addition to providing automatic and secure backup protection, Carbonite solutions also enable consumers and small businesses to have "anytime, anywhere" access to their backed up data – so they can access their tax documents, financial records or other files from any internet-connected device no matter where their tax preparation takes place.

Consumers and small business owners interested in protecting their tax files this tax season can start a free trial of Carbonite by visiting http://www.carbonite.com. For more information about Carbonite, please visit www.Carbonite.com or connect with Carbonite at Facebook.com/CarboniteOnlineBackup or on Twitter at @Carbonite or @CarboniteBiz.  

Media ContactsHeather Gordon                                                                                      Finn Partners for Carbonite310-552-4123Heather@finnpartners.com

Erin DelaneyCarbonite617-421-5637EDelaney@carbonite.com

SOURCE Carbonite, Inc.

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Carbonite Offers Data Peace of Mind: A Solid Solution for Small Biz

Ramon Ray & the Smallbiztechnology.com Team | Jan. 24, 2012, 8:00 AM

In today’s day and age, virtually every small business relies on computers to some degree, however, many small businesses do not protect their data sufficiently. According to a recent survey of U.S. Small Businesses, nearly 40% of participants said they have lost data due to hardware or software issues, and one third of that segment never retrieved their files. This information shows the importance of having a solid backup plan in place.

Although many companies rely on CD/DVD’s, external drives, and flash drives, all of those systems are subject to the lack of offsite redundancy, meaning if disaster were to hit your office, chances are your backups would also be destroyed. Additionally, a September, 2011 press release from Carbonite cited a statistic from the Federal Emergency Management Agency that 40 to 60 percent of small businesses never reopen after a data disaster.

To simplify the process of backing up your data, numerous online backup services have sprung up over the years to provide piece of mind however adoption has long been hindered due to fears of data breaches and identity theft. While the concerns are valid, today virtually every reputable online service uses military grade encryption to ensure confidentiality – and for companies needing an additional layer of security – many services allow you to use your own private encryption key, meaning even the backup provider cannot decrypt your data. The main disadvantage to this feature, however, is that if you were to lose the private key, it would be impossible to decode your data for restoration purposes. When using the “default” key from the provider, if something goes wrong on your end, as a fallback the backup provider can restore your data.

One major leader in the online backup space is Carbonite. The company is known for their affordable unlimited backup for home users released a small business edition offering of their services back in June 2011, which has since grown to include many additional features which are essential for today’s average small business. Some of the latest features, announced in December 2011 include:  flexible restoration ability allowing businesses to prioritize select files over others, external hard drive backups – allowing businesses to backup even more critical data (a feature many competing services lack) and enhancements to the web and desktop apps for managing your Carbonite Small Business account.

Additionally, Carbonite provides apps for the iPhone, Android, and Blackberry, allowing users to access their files on the go. Complementing the mobile access is a powerful web-based user interface, which allows even the least tech-savvy business owner to manage their accounts with ease.

The service has two tiers:  The Business plan at $229/year for 250GB of storage, and the Business Premier plan which is $599/year for 500GB of storage and support for Windows Server. Both plans support backing up unlimited devices, meaning as long as you are below your general cap, the plans can backup every computer in your company. Additional storage can be purchased for a nominal fee, with $46.00/year for 50GB being the starting point.

From the web interface, the administrators are provided a clear overview of which computers have which files, simplifying the general process, and also allowing business owners to better reduce clutter, which might be caught in the general backup settings.

Along with many of the basic fundamentals of any crucial backup platform, Carbonite Small Business also supports backups of Windows Servers. When run on my testing server, I found the process to be as straightforward as backing up my desktop, and the software ran flawlessly in the background without using up too much resources or causing the server to crash. For the IT pros – it is important to note that Carbonite Small Backup does not support bare metal backups – meaning that it is limited to backing up files on the system rather than a full copy of the server. Linux servers also are not supported mainly because Carbonite is geared more towards file backups rather than web servers.

Despite the previous limitations on server backups, Carbonite is a very cost effective must have backup solution for any small business owner. By focusing on one segment, Carbonite is better able to provide piece of mind for virtually any business owner regardless of technical expertise. For anything outside of the scope of Carbonite, there are more specialized tools on the market, however, for the average small business owner; the specialized tools are overkill due to their price and complexity.

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Carbonite Reviewed by Online Backup Search

Atlanta, GA (PRWEB) December 14, 2011

Online Backup Search (http://onlinebackupsearch.com), has posted the their latest review of well-known online backup company, Carbonite. Carbonite has been around since 2005 and is well known among the backup industry. Read the full Carbonite Review (http://goo.gl/swdcz) to learn more about the company and it’s services.

The review praises Carbonite's simple website and install process. It also goes into detail about how the backup and restore works. The editors thought it would be better Carbonite offered a full range of settings.

Online Backup Search used Carbonite for their data backup to provided useful feedback information about the process they went through it. They use their trial experience to rate the company based on a set of standards. Carbonite scored high on ease of use, space, price but scored low on features. David Blane, editor for Online Backup Search said, “I had heard of and done research on Carbonite before. I had many commercials on the radio and seen ads for them, which raised my curiosity. Using it, I feel that it's pretty good, but there are better online backup options out there.”

The review points out that Carbonite's strengths are in its primary purpose, backing up. It does backup and restore really well according to the review. It goes on to say that the software stays out of the way by using the the System Preferences as it’s location.

Because of it’s lack of backup settings the review marked down the overall score. “There are some simple options that many people would like to see implemented into the software. A scheduler for backing up daily or weekly, a bandwidth throttle, and other options would be simple and improve the software significantly. Because I know Carbonite is already a successful online backup company, I can’t imagine why they would not add some of these features.” said David Blane.

The review recommends Carbonite to individuals and home users. It says that Carbonite does a great job for what it is designed to do, but warns not expect many options.

About Online Backup Search -- Online Backup Search, established in 2010, is owned and managed by Intown Web Design of Atlanta, GA. The site was created as a place for online backup users to post reviews and learn about the best online backup companies. It is a website that helps to the online backup community. For more information: http://twitter.com/backupsearch

About Intown Web Design (http://www.intownwebdesign.com) -- Located in Atlanta, Ga, they are a web design and development firm with a focus on creating functional websites for business. Clients range from startups to corporations traded on the NYSE. Founded in 2007, with a specialty in open source technologies including PHP, Joomla and WordPress. They have continued to expand their expertise into improving site performance, usability and search engine rankings.

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