Hardware Geeks

Symantec today launched their newest version of their Norton Online Backup solution and I have to say I am impressed. The last version I wasn’t a huge fan of. I thought it was slow and sometimes caused a slow down on my system.

I didn’t give it a good review and infact told people who were using the Norton 360 product to back up to an external hard drive and not use the online backup service that Symantec provided. But opinions change and mines has, the newest version is a major improvement and worth trying.

I personally have been using it for a week and the memory and CPU useage is way than from the previous product. I am not saying the previous version brought your system to a stand still but it wasn’t as kind with your computers resources as the 2.0 version is.

Another thing is, they have improved the way it scans for files on your system and doesn’t upload any unnecessary files. Although by default it does not back up your music, only emails, pictures and documents.

The largest upload I was able to test was 4.5 GB and with in 2 and a half hours I was able to upload it all to their servers, which is pretty impressive considering it took me nearly a day to upload half of that on their previous product. But I would like to see how well it handles a larger upload especially when there are hundres if not thousands of people using it in a live enviorment and not a staging area that I tested it in.

I tried it on both PC and Mac with the same result, low resources and a fast upload. Norton Online Backup 2.0 also has some pretty cool features such as being able to email any of your backed-up files. You basically email a link and then can download the file. It will also keep 90 days worth of saves of any of your files. So if you have a word document for example and you change it 1000 times. For 90 days you will hae 1000 different versions of that file. 

You can even search through your backups, and easily remove backups you no longer want and this is all done via a website in fact the majority of the program is web based, so you will have a very tiny software foot print fromt he service on your computer itself. Which is pretty cool.

To try out Norton Online Backup 2.0 visit http://www.backup.com The service will cost you $49.99 a year with 25 GB of storage. You can however purchase more storage but at the moment I do not know the pricing of the additional storage.

Norton Online Backup Brings the Sizzle to Backup with
“Save Your Bacon” Contest

Tell your story at http://www.nortonsavedmybacon.com and
win a subscription to Norton Online Backup, a year’s supply of gourmet bacon, and bacon-themed prizes!

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., December 09, 2009
WHAT: To launch the newest version of Norton Online Backup, today Symantec announced the “Save Your Bacon with Norton” contest, where people can share their stories of data loss to win one of twelve bacon-loaded prize packs.  Norton Online Backup is an easy-to-use online backup service that can “save your bacon” by protecting your most valuable files from loss or disaster.  Awarded through a random drawing, all prize winners will receive a one year gourmet bacon-of-the-month club subscription and a full year’s subscription to Norton Online Backup.  Winners will also receive bacon dental floss, bacon mints, bacon soap and bacon lip balm.  Everyone who enters will receive a free one-month trial to the updated service. 

WHEN: • December 09, 2009 – February 28, 2010
• First 6 winners selected: January 15, 2010
• Next 6 winners selected: February 28, 2010

WHERE: http://www.nortonsavedmybacon.com

HOW TO ENTER:
1) You tell us your data-loss horror stories – like that time you actually lost your Macbook to a pack of rabid squirrels – and how you either used online backup or wish you had.  (Everyone who enters gets a free trial to Norton Online Backup)
2) We review your submissions, maybe laugh at your foolishness or cry at your misfortune.  Then we pick our favorites to be featured each week.  For your entry to be featured, you must include either a photo, a link to a video or an awesome cartoon depicting what went down (but it’s not a requirement to enter the contest drawing).
3) We promise not to cheat while randomly choosing 12 grand prize winners, split between two drawings—first in January and then in March.  The luckiest of the lucky will receive a one year delicious gourmet bacon-of-the-month club subscription (or, for our vegetarian friends, the cash equivalent).  They’ll also get bacon soap, bacon dental floss, bacon lip balm, bacon mints and, of course, 25 GB of free online backup for a year.
4) What are you waiting for?  Get shakin’ and get your dang bacon!

NORTON ONLINE BACKUP:

• Symantec is the world’s largest and most experienced provider of online backup services, supporting more than ten million users and 40 petabytes (PB) of managed data. 
• Norton Online Backup is a robust protection service for your most important digital assets.  It provides secure, automatic and easy to use online backup that keeps files safe from unexpected disasters, while also letting you remotely share, migrate or access those files conveniently through the Web. 
• Norton Online Backup version 2.0 is the first worldwide, Web-based online backup solution that includes true compatibility between Macs and Windows-based PCs, allowing households operating both systems to conveniently backup their data on up to five of their computers through the same centrally-managed account.
• To try out or purchase a full subscription to Norton Online Backup, or for additional information, please visit: http://www.backup.com

CONTEST RULES: http://www.nortonsavedmybacon.com

Symantec is also havin a contest. Below are the details:

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