“Mozy is honouring its roots by augmenting its service to consumers and small businesses,” said Vance Checketts, chief operating officer, Mozy. “We’ve had more than 43,000 individuals participate in our public beta and have devoted thousands of hours of development to this new MozyHome for Mac release.”
Mozy automatically protects all computer files including photos, music, videos and financial documents from data loss in the event of hard drive crash, accidental deletion, natural disaster or theft. All files are encrypted with 448-bit Blowfish encryption, and the encrypted files are transferred via a 128-bit SSL connection – the same encryption used for online banking – during the backup process for extra security.
After the initial backup, Mozy only backs up incremental changes to files and folders, meaning subsequent backups run extremely fast. In addition to the most recent backup, Mozy keeps 30 days worth of file versions as well. In the event of data loss, files may be recovered via the Mozy client software, downloaded from the Mozy website, or by ordering the files on a set of DVDs from Mozy.
Later this summer, Mozy will release a business version of its Mac service to enhance its MozyPro and MozyEnterprise offerings. Businesses interested in an online backup service for the Mac can sign up to be notified at www.mozy.com/mac/probeta.
Other data protection offerings for Mac users include EMC Retrospect for Macintosh and EMC LifeLine software. |
