Time To Move Your Files – No More Unlimited Storage For Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft OneDrive has offered tons of free-space promotions over the past few years – and many of us have taken full advantage of that – racking up 300, 400, 500GB of completely free backup space courtesy of Microsoft. Then Microsoft took it one step further and began offering unlimited storage for Office 365 users. Guess […]

GoDaddy Partners With Dropmysite To Offer Cloud Backup Solutions For Small Business Owners

GoDaddy has joined forces with cloud backup provider Dropmysite to offer cloud-based website backup solutions for small and medium sized businesses. Dropmysite will automatically back up a customers website daily and securely using 256 bit military grade Advance encryption standards (AES) encryption. If any issue arises Dropmysite will allow the customer to easily and quickly get their […]

Always Keep Your Own Backups

I talk about creating and managing an online presence alot here on Rapid Purple – and every now and then someone will ask me what I think is the most important aspect of an online presence. Often times they are totally shocked by the answer. Backups. Backups are by far the most important thing when it […]

Amazon Cloud Drive Goes Unlimited

Online storage is an ever-expanding place as everyone tries to offer more and more space. Amazon has decided to bypass the storage space wars by announcing two unlimited storage plans for it’s cloud based storage service – Amazon Cloud Drive. The plans focus on two specific scenarios. For those who have loads of photos, there […]

SugarSync 3.5 Launches With Deleted Items Recovery Feature

SugarSync have released their latest version, SugarSync 3.5, which brings with it an awesome new redesign for the desktop application, along with a plethora of great new features – my favorite of which is the ability to restore deleted items. So now whenever you accidentally delete a file you can easily recover it right within […]

50% Off at SOS Online Backup Through The End of 2014

SOS Online Backup is running an end-of-the-year special with 50% off a PersonalCloud 1-year subscription. No coupon code is required either. Simply click the below image and enjoy saving some money this holiday season while you backup those Thanksgiving photos to make room for Christmas.

Unlimited Storage Under $3/mo from SOS Online Backup

[frame align=”right”][/frame]Online backup solutions are a dime a dozen these days – and chances are you’re using more than one of them yourself. Truth be told – I have backups split amongst a wide array of services: Dropbox, Onedrive, iCloud, Google Drive and SOS Online Backup – however only one of these offers me unlimited […]

Audefy Disappears, Reminder How Important Backups Are

Yesterday I decided to recirculate a message across the Rapid Purple social networks reminding people to always maintain a personal backup of your files – whether that be your website, your NAS, your file server, or even just your home computer. This morning I found a perfect example to share with everyone of just how important […]

World Backup Day 2014 Is Here

World Backup Day is amongst us once again, and today – it is our duty as webmasters, business owners, cellphone users, and well – data owners – to backup all our files. Granted you should already be maintaining backups on a regular basis – however if you’re not today is the perfect day to start […]

SugarSync’s Top 10 Uses During Your Well Deserved Vacation

SugarSync has posted an interesting article on their blog a few days ago, and while these things generally don’t spark my interest – this one did. See as someone who always has to sync several different devices together to make my business life flow a bit more easily with my business life, SugarSync is an […]

SugarSync Releases Remote Wipe for Personal Accounts

[frame align=”left”][/frame]Previously, SugarSync launched Remote Wipe to IT admins of SugarSync’s business account customers; but recently Remote Wipe has been released to consumers and business professionals using individual accounts. So what exactly is Remote Wipe? Remote Wipe is a security feature that makes it simple to remove all sychronized files from a PC or Mac in […]

Backup Your Files on March 31st, World Backup Day

I have mentioned backups in a previous article on here, and if you haven’t done a backup of your files in a while – there is no better day to do it on than March 31st, also known as World Backup Day! World Backup Day is a day for people to learn about the increasing role […]

30% Off Your First Year Of SugarSync

SugarSync’s Black Friday, limited time, offer has also launched today, letting you Save 30% on Your First Year of SugaySync! This offer will last from today, through November 26, 2012. Keep in mind you can always try it out for free for a couple of days utilizing their free 30-day free trial. Then just make the purchase before […]

SugarSync 2.0 Beta Launched

[frame align=”right”][/frame]SugarSync is proud to announce the release of their new 2.0 Beta product!  This new and improved version takes all the features you loved from the original, and adds a number of improvements as well. The switch to SugarSync 2.0 Beta is quick and seamless, and files and folders you are currently syncing will not be affected […]

SugarSync iOS App Updated

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]The SugarSync app for iOS has been updated for iOS 6, and the update is available for download now! The new app has been optimized for iOS 6, which also means that it now has support for the larger/taller screen on the iPhone 5 as well. In addition to iOS 6 optimizations and the taller […]

50% Off 50GB at SOS Online Backup

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]The team over at SOS Online Backup has launched a new promotion for the month of August offering their 50GB plan at 50% off. If you count it all up, it comes up to be an amazing savings in the end. You start with a free 30-day trial, then upgrade in 30 days […]

SkyNox Gets Even Better!

After the launch of SherWeb’s SkyNox online backup solution, the popularity of the server application began exceeding everyones expectations. The interest in the workstation version was not as important, but this came as no surprise since SkyNox features were primarily designed to meet the needs of small businesses. Feedback from current SkyNox users over the past […]

SherWeb introduces SkyOffice

[frame align=”left”] [/frame]SherWeb’s SkyOffice suite, featuring hosted Exchange 2010, Lync 2010 and SharePoint 2010, is the complete hosted email and collaboration solution that begins where Microsoft Office 365 ends. SkyOffice brings you unmatched migration, customizable plans and industry-leading customer care you won’t find anywhere else. In other words, it’s Office 365…with service. SkyOffice at a glance: Exchange 2010, SharePoint 2010, Lync 2010, […]

Sherweb Launches SkyNox Backup Solutions

Online backup solutions have really hit it big lately as more and more people look for alternative places to host their files for easy access and safe keeping. With this in mind Sherweb has launched their latest new data protection and recovery service called SkyNox. SkyNox addresses the need to ensure that critical data is kept […]