Backupify is a new cool service that automatically performs secure, unlimited and scheduled backup of your data from most of the common online services like Flickr, Twitter, FaceBook, Gmail etc. to a server cloud (Amazon S3) for a nominal fee.
However, till the 31st of January, 2010 they’re offering these accounts for free to anyone who cares to signup with them. Following this date, they’ll revert back to the paid pricing plans – but those who have signed-up before this date will continue to enjoy unlimited free services (for good).
The list of currently supported services include:
- Gmail
- Google Docs
- Flickr
- Basecamp
- Wordpress
- Delicious
- Photobucket
- Blogger
- FriendFeed
… with YouTube, Tumblr, RssFeed and XMakrs coming soon.
Backupify creates daily / weekly (your choice) automated backups from all of these services using a “Set it and forget it” mode.
While providing extremely useful services, quite a few of the online services in this list do not employ adequate security measures. As a results they’re coming under direct attack by various hacker groups. Incidents like this invariably end up in huge loss of data – data consisting of pictures, videos, documents, blog posts that are an integral part of your lifestream. Hence, one cannot adequately stress on the importance of maintaining a regular backup of this data. Moreover, most tech-savvy folks subscribe to a multitude of these services and maintaining individual backups of each profile can prove to be a nightmare.
So hurry and grab your free account before we hit Jan 31st. Spread the light as you see fit, as this can prove to be a cool gift to share with your family and friends this New Year.
Besides, as Whitson Gordon states, “It can’t hurt — after all, it doesn’t get much cheaper than free.”
