We are pleased to announce the release of BackupRight Express, our latest remote backup solution designed for home and laptop users.

BackupRight Express offers the same security and reliability of BackupRight Pro (our original product), but with one-button backup simplicity.

Read - Press Release (PDF)

Om Malik has just put together a quick, but interesting list of fun storage facts.

My personal favorite - “Consumers bought 739.7 million gigabytes of hard-drive storage space last year. That is 11 times what they bought in 2003. (NYT).”

People certainly have a lot of new photos, music, and documents that need to be protected. I can only imagine what that number will be in another three years. At the same growth rate we would hit 8.1 billion! My guess is that it will be closer to 15 billion.

Read - 10 Fun Facts About Storage

People interested in using online backup are always very excited about our service, but they almost certainly have some questions before signing up.

One of the most frequently asked questions that prospective clients ask us is, “How long will it take to complete my backups?”

Answer: The primary factor in determining backup speed is the computer’s internet connection and the amount of data that will be backed up.

To make things easier we’ve put together an awesome online backup calculator that will automatically determine the estimated time that it will take to complete a backup using various connection speeds and file sizes.

Try it out: Online Backup Calculator – Estimated Time