Traditional backup schemes typically
require IT professionals to plan, set up
and maintain the backup process. Most of
the time, at least some manual
intervention is also necessary, e.g.
replacing magnetic tapes or transporting
media to their final storage location.
Online backup services are easy to set
up and since the backup procedure is
fully automated, no manual intervention
is necessary. Even when the need for
storage space grows, no manual
adjustments are necessary, all of this
is taken care of seamlessly by the
service provider.

4
OFFERS MAXIMUM SECURITY FOR BACKUPS
Security is something that's
hard to get right. This is
especially true when it comes to
backup solutions where sensitive
company data is involved.
Traditional backup schemes
usually neglect encryption
issues, especially when the
backed up data is stored at the
same location as the original
data. Studies show, however,
that most cybercrimes are
committed by insiders.
Leading online backup services
such as UpdateStar Online Backup
incorporate encryption at all
levels:
- Backup data is
encrypted with a private
encryption key before it is sent
to the service provider, making
eavesdropping by service
provider staff impossible
- Data is transported to the
service provider using Secure
Sockets Layer (SSL) technology,
the same standard that is used
for online banking transactions
- Data is stored in an encrypted
format at the service provider's
data centers, rendering any
outside attack useless

5
USES CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT
AND DATA CENTERS
For small and medium
businesses it is usually too
costly to build a certified
backup storage location at
their own premises.
Leading online backup
service providers such as
UpdateStar Online Backup, on
the other hand, store their
customer's data in
certified, disaster-proof
state-of-the-art data
centers which are monitored
around the clock by IT
security professionals.
UpdateStar Online Backup
provides an additional level
of safety through its
network of geographically
distributed data centers
where all backup data is
kept in a redundant fashion,
further reducing the risk of
data loss while at the same
time increasing throughput.

6
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Energy efficiency is
becoming an increasingly
important requirement
for IT managers. Not
only does improved
energy efficiency help
cut costs but it is also
a goal for every
environmentally-conscious
enterprise.
Online
backup services can
provide several benefits
regarding energy
efficiency:
- Data
centers of leading
providers such as
UpdateStar Online Backup
are optimized for energy
efficiency and have a
significantly smaller
energy footprint per
customer compared to
traditional in-house
backup solutions
-
Data centers of leading
providers such as
UpdateStar Online Backup
are located near sources
of regenerative energy
such as hydroelectric
power plants and thus
improve energy
efficiency

7
TRUSTED VENDOR AND SERVICE
PROVIDER
You can choose a trusted
and experienced
software-as-a-service
online backup service
provider and this way
online backup can be an
important aspect within
your backup strategy.
UpdateStar's products
and services are being
used and trusted upon by
more than 2 million
users each month. With a
simple Internet
connection UpdateStar
Online Backup can
protect your business
desktops and notebooks
from data loss.

8
MEETING REGULATORY
COMPLIANCE
Off-site storage is
often a key requirement
in legal compliance
regulations, especially
in certain industries
such as oil/gas,
financial services, and
healthcare/pharmaceuticals.
For small and medium
businesses, meeting
these requirements is
hard using traditional
backup schemes.
Online backup services
make it affordable even
for small and mid-sized
businesses to store
their essential business
data in off-site data
centers and comply with
legal regulations.

9
BRINGS REMOTE AND ON-DEMAND
PROTECTION
Using traditional
backup schemes it is
usually hard to cover a
number of mobile and
remote scenarios that
become increasingly
common:
- Mobile
information workers
using location
independent computers
such as netbooks or
smart phones who are
only rarely physically
present in their office.
These mobile devices are
particularly vulnerable
to the dangers of data
loss, e.g. through theft
-
Remote offices who do
not employ their own IT
staff
Online backup
services can cover these
scenarios in a
transparent manner, all
that is required is an
internet connection.

10
YOU CAN TRY BEFORE YOU BUY
In traditional
backup schemes, trial
setups typically incur
significant cost, even
if deployed on a small
scale.
Since online
backup services require
no upfront investment,
it is particularly easy
to set up a trial backup
before having to commit
to an enterprise-wide
deployment. This goes
along with the overall
inexpensiveness of
secure online backup.
Only few cents per day
per desktop or laptop
are required to budget
for.