Companies like Carbonite, Inc. offers such service and store your files online with a security guarantee. The company offers their services for both Windows and Mac users and backs up any type of document. The business was the first one to offer an unlimited backup space while the rest of the companies offer their service by the gigabyte. For a fixed price, users are able to store any files online which they can retrieve anywhere where they have access to the internet. The name Carbonite was taken from the fictional substance in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. This substance was used to freeze Han Solo.
Their services are categorized into two separate product lines: Carbonite Small Business (for those with three or more computers) and Carbonite Home and Home Office (for one or two person business, individuals and families). The program installs a client software on the user’s PC that automatically works in the background. It seeks for files that are new and those that are changed and backs them up using the incremental backup system. To protect the contents of these files, it is then encrypted before it is sent out to the company’s data center via the internet.
For its innovation and its contribution to the cyber world, Carbonite has received various citations from tech magazines and review companies. Lifehacker has named the business as the “Best Windows Backup Tool”, NextAdvisor also picked the company as their Editor’s Choice, Lead411 named it Hottest Boston Company and PC Pro gave them the “Labs Winner” award.