Belgium Start-Up Beecloud Introducing Free Online Backup

Beecloud, a Belgium-based computer service, introduced a free online backup system.

Beecloud started 3 months ago with a mission: providing computer users with a simple, high-quality backup solution. Too many users ignore backups; they either do not take the time, do not have good backup software or they just don’t care. On top of that, most people have tons of files: family photos, movies and mp3 music, USB drives and/or NAS devices just sitting on their computers.

The main reasons of data loss are: hardware and system problems, human errors, software issues, computer viruses and natural disasters.

To cope with all of them and minimize the risk of losing data, a backup system needs to have following features:

• be able to handle large amounts of data.
• be secure.
• store data in more than 1 place (off-line storage).
• needs to handle multiple versions of a file (to cope with accidental deletion or altering the file).

A lot of users use external hard disks to store their backups and data, unaware that this is not an optimal solution. The commodity hard disk is not always the most reliable solution, nor is it a good idea to keep all files in one place. Fire, theft, power surges or just accidental deletion or files are just some of the things that can destroy systems and data.

An online solution is better. But what about security, price and speed?

After searching and comparing several solutions for this problem, Beecloud selected LiveDrive as their platform. LiveDrive, a UK company has been in the storage business for more than 3 years and have developed a solution that is easy to use, stable, fast and runs on multiple platforms.

The Beecloud system is easy to use. No real knowledge about backup or cloud things are needed. Install the client application, select what files to backup and let the system do the rest. It can be used on more than one computer, so users can safeguard all the data their family uses. Users can browse through files and even view them online or on mobile devices like iPads, iPhones or Android devices.

The Beecloud system is secure and the stored files are encrypted and stored in multiple datacenters. There is also a support base to help out any users.

After a period of testing, Beecloud is announces that they are now offering the 512GB Backup option for free. This offering is not a limited period trial, but the full featured backup solution.

Bart Roelant, owner and company spokesman, explains the features: "This backup solution allows you to safeguard up to 512GB of data online, enabling you to store all your pictures and music in the cloud. The free backup solution can be extended with the Briefcase which allows you to sync your files on multiple computers, share your files and use the FTP protocol to upload or download files. The Briefcase option (512GB) can be purchased for $60 per year."

"Another option is the NAS storage backup, which allows users to backup any network attached storage devices, this option includes unlimited backup capacity and costs for one NAS device only $90 a year."

He further explained that the focus of Beecloud is in providing support and solutions around the LiveDrive system, helping as many users as possible with tutorials, hints and tricks and an online forum.

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