Following a trend of price reductions, Amazon today announced a significant reduction in price for its S3 and EBS storage services. These services are popular with RBS’ Online Backup Partners.

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The RBackup Upgrade to v11.9.4 is now available for Partners with active Maintenance Subscriptions. To upgrade, log into the Partner’s Portal at http://portal.remote-backup.com and select the Software Updates menu. While you’re in the Portal, take the time to look around at all your valuable new features. Select the Portal Help menu choice for more information.

Most people get Internet service from either a telephone company or a cable company because those providers already provide physical connections to their homes and businesses. A WISP (wireless Internet service provider) doesn’t need to bring wire to your location, making it a good solution for serving rural areas where telcos and cable companies couldn’t […]

Can you spot all the phishing emails that come your way? This study shows that 20% cannot. Try the test yourself! http://blog.fortinet.com/20–of-Your-Organization-is-Falling-for-Phishing-Emails/

  We have added a new Web Files feature to the Partner’s Portal. You can use it to store files that you want to make available on the Web – like graphics for your Email Notifications.

The creators of CryptoLocker, a piece of malware that encrypts user data and holds it for ransom, are giving users who removed the malicious program from their computers a second chance to recover their files, but at a much higher cost.CryptoLocker is a malicious program that falls into a category of malware called ransomware. Once […]

My regular reader knows that I sometimes like to rail against all these fake review sites that promise to show you “The Top Five Best Online Backup Services,” and fake sites that bill themselves as authoritative sources for objective info on the Industry, when they are really just selling reviews and articles to anyone with […]

  Remote Backup System’s online backup software, RBackup, has been enjoying rapid growth worldwide thanks to the support of its more than 8,700 partners worldwide.

  RBackup version 11.9.1 was released on July 2, 2013. It is a maintenance release containing a few new features and several upgrades and fixes for the RBackup Server, RBackup Client, and the Web Manager PlugIn.

  Osterman Research Inc., an independent analyst research firm, released research indicating an enterprise file sync and share market that is growing rapidly, but that is not fully meeting the needs of corporate governance requirements.