New Version of Carbonite Software for Online Backup

Carbonite announced the
release of Carbonite Release 3.5, a major upgrade to its Carbonite
Online PCBackup service. The new version provides several valuable new
options for users, including a file migration wizard, file versioning,
backup scheduling, and incremental backup. Release 3.5 also includes
advanced file type selection and a private encryption key.

"Carbonite
is still the simplest backup service on the market," Carbonite CEO
David Friend said. "But if you’re an advanced user and want to be able
to schedule your backups, retrieve previous versions of documents,
etc., then this major new release will be good news."

A key
feature of Carbonite Release 3.5 is the wizard that helps users to
migrate files saved on an older computer onto a new system. The wizard
makes the uploading of files onto a new machine simple, handling even
complex restores such as uploading files from a Windows XP file
structure onto a PC operating Windows Vista.

"A lot of computer
users who experience a crash with an XP machine are buying a new one
with a Vista operating system," Friend said. "Because the file
structures are different with Vista and XP, it can be difficult to
restore previous files onto a new Vista system. Our wizard makes this
process easy for the user so they can have their valuable files
accessible on their new operating system."

With the new file
versioning feature in Carbonite Release 3.5, Carbonite will
automatically store multiple versions of files going back at least 90
days. If a file is accidentally overwritten, the user will be able to
go back and restore previous versions.

Carbonite Release 3.5 also
includes backup scheduling options. Users can schedule backups to occur
at specific times by day of week, or they can create blackout periods
during which Carbonite’s normal continuous backups will be suspended.

Block
level incremental backup has also been included in Release 3.5,
improving the speed of updating files as they change. With incremental
backup, a single updated cell in an Excel spreadsheet will be backed up
on its own, instead of re-sending the entire document. Also, if a user
shuts down their PC in the middle of backing up a very large file,
Carbonite will resume where it left off when the computer is turned
back on. It will not have to start over at the beginning of the file.

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users will also have more options when selecting files to be backed up
in Carbonite. Not only can the user back up specific folders, but also
file types within individual folders. To support this new feature,
Carbonite’s familiar dot system indicating a file’s backup status has
been updated to include a green doughnut (a green dot with a hole in
the middle). This new label indicates all files selected for backup
within a folder are backed up, but that some files within the folder
have not been selected for backup.

With this release, Carbonite
also allows users to keep their own encryption keys, a practice
required by certain legal and healthcare users.

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