It seems like only yesterday that I was writing my review of Dmailer’s online backup service. It was actually almost a year ago. That was long enough, apparently, to convince the folks at Dmailer to get out of the crowded online backup market. They’re handing their online service over to YuuWaa. I haven’t mentioned YuuWaa before, but they have been around for a while; they’re on my list of … [Read more...]
Catching Up on Backups
Well, this is embarrassing. The last time I wrote my so-called weekly column was more than a month ago. And, believe me, it’s not because nothing has been happening in the world of backups. Life got just a bit out of hand and blogging slipped down the priority list. But now the Ur-Guru has gone home, the cats have settled in, the housemate situation is more or less sorted out, and I really have … [Read more...]
Backup Video Contest from Dmailer and Verbatim
Just announced today: Dmailer and Verbatim have joined forces to launch “A Backup Saved My Life,” a contest that invites you to submit your videos, photos, and stories in order to win a Verbatim 250GB Pocket Drive (see photo above) and a one-year subscription to Dmailer Online’s unlimited storage plan. For complete details, read the press release and watch the video below. Submissions are due by … [Read more...]
Dmailer Launches Free Online Backup Service to Compete with Mozy—But Not Without a Hitch
A couple of weeks ago a representative of Dmailer contacted me with information about their forthcoming, still-under-embargo release of a free version of their software that would also include 2 GB of free online storage. Because I have a bit of editorial backlog on this blog, it was not difficult to keep this news under wraps until after the official March 23rd announcement. Dmailer is a French … [Read more...]
Call for Reviews: Dmailer Backup and Dmailer Sync
I did actually have a plan for what to write about this week. Two plans, even, depending on whether the VIA ARTiGO A2000 I’m supposed to be reviewing arrived. But the ARTiGO has yet to show up, and while I’ve taken a quick look at the demo and downloaded some of the sales docs for Hosted FTP, I haven’t had a chance to examine it properly. (And we won’t even go into the argument I lost with my CD … [Read more...]