Watch Your Data… and Your Wallet!
Posted By rpineres
Date: April 10th, 2009
Category: Comparison
Hey Everyone,
I had an interesting issue come up just recently. A business searching for a data backup solution contacted us and challenged our service with another provider they had found over the web. Apparently this provider advertised $50.00 to back up 20GB of data per month. Naturally, I was surprised — there’s no way something could be that affordable AND secure.
I went ahead an made my way to the site to see this for myself. The advertised price was there in big, bold letters. By this point, I’m starting to think I’m in the wrong line of business. Then I get to the actual checkout. This backup provider pulled a fast one on the business that called us earlier. Had they actually gone through with the purchase, they would have seen the charge they slipped in at the end. Yes, the service is priced as advertised: $50 a month for 20GB. *cough* And a couple thousand dollars to buy the equipment it will be backed up to. To top it all off, their “geographically separated” data centers turned out to be in the same physical location. I’ll bet the business wasn’t too happy about that discovery.
Moral of the story: Watch your data but also keep a close eye on your wallet! There are plenty of backup providers out there but only National Data Protect will be able to guarantee the works: full encryption through the entire backup process, data archiving, set-it-and-forget-it ease of use, afforadble pricing and more!
Sincerely,
Ryan
