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Backupify is now available for free (for a short time only)

December 22nd, 2009 by Ken

With much of our time spent online, it’s a certainty that many of the services we use – Facebook, Twitter, Photobucket, Gmail, etc. – house information that we’d like to keep secure. No system is infallible, crashes happening on even the most stable of networks, and we’d like to know that our data is protected in the event of such catastrophic occurrences.

Last month, one of my blog pieces touched upon a service called Backupify, a useful service that backs up the data resulting from your use of various online services – such as the aforementioned ones. As I noted in my initial writeup about Backupify, there is a subscription fee, Twitter backups being the only storage available for free.

However, offering what could be described as somewhat of a holiday gesture, Backupify is temporarily rescinding its pay structure. Available until January 31, 2010, Backupify has just announced that their service will provide unlimited backup storage for all accounts for free. This is an attempt to not only attract new users, but provide users who utilized just its free service an opportunity to try out its premium offerings.

Once this free offer expires, Backupify plans to introduce a new pay structure, one that replaces its exclusive pricing scheme for one that offers free limited backups for all of the services it provides storage for. However, if you’re one of those who takes advantage of this free offer now, you will maintain your free account for the duration of your use.

The services that Backupify currently supports are:

• Gmail
• Twitter
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Photobucket
• Google Docs
• Zoho
• Basecamp
• Wordpress
• Blogger
• Hotmail
• Delicious
• FriendFeed

If you’re looking for the peace of mind that online backups provide, take advantage of this free offer now.

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Tags: Backupify, backups, online storage