Last week I was attending a meeting with an important OEM client, only to find that I’d forgotten to move a PowerPoint file (that was a major part of the presentation) from my desktop PC to my presentation/travel laptop. That’s unlike me; usually I’ve triple checked before getting on the plane. Perhaps this time I was distracted by the heavy snow, the thought of missing sledding with my 4 year old, or the 1am and 4am wake up calls from our 6 month old! Either way, the file wasn’t there.
I was just about to panic when I remembered KeepVault! Specifically I remembered that my KeepVault Pro account backs up files in real-time (so the moment I created, edited, and saved the presentation it was backed-up) AND that I could access all of the protected files from any of my PCs via the web at http://web.keepvault.com. A few minutes later the file was safely back on my laptop and the pitch was a success (as far as it could be considering those early morning baby cries!).
In all honesty, it’s the first time I’ve had to use KeepVault in a pinch, but I’m really glad it was there!
They say that there are two constants in life, death and taxes. The premise is we will always have to pay taxes and, well there’s no sugarcoating this, we will all die. I’d like to propose a third; for now I’ll call it “iFAT”. Nope, it’s not some new type of “File Allocation Table”, or Apple’s long awaited entry to the fitness and diet arena. I’m talking about the bulging amount of electronic data we are all producing and amassing. The concept is simple; we will create or collect electronic data (photos, documents, web transactions, videos, music, …) almost every day of our lives and as a result our data storage needs will continue to grow. Deciding what data to backup and when is thus very important and something that needs to be revisited regularly.
