Register.com Branches Out into Data Backup

Register.com Inc., which made a name for itself as a domain name registrar, is branching out into the data backup field with an offering the company says is easy enough for small businesses and individual users to embrace.

The New York-based company on Friday plans to release its Register.com Data Backup Service, an automated backup tool aimed squarely at non-technical users. The easy-to-use Web-based tool allows users to schedule regular backups and retrieve data from any computer with an Internet connection.

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“”We serve small businesses that are, for the most part, not in the business of thinking about technology,” said Monica Schulze-Hodges,”

I can well believe that. I make no secret of the fact that I don’t believe in online data backups, however convenient and fast they may be. It exposes your cherished data to more risk than if you simply burned it to DVD and popped it into a $500 steel mini-safe at home. Why do I mention ‘at home’? Because the ’small business’ owner they target is unlikely to have corporate offices or a building basement or a real (large) safe.