An emerging player in online backup for small businesses and home office users, Spare Backup Inc. signed the agreement with G&G Group Inc., a New York-based computer services company specializing in networking and computer security with a strong presence among businesses in New York City.

The Spare Backup service, which G&G Group Inc. will offer as a value-added service to its customers at www.gggroup.net, runs by itself entirely, with no user interaction after sign-up. Between Spare Backup's proprietary software and the service element that takes advantage of the user's broadband Internet connection, files are automatically recognized, saved, compressed and secured remotely.

"In our line of business, data backup is one of the most critical elements of the service we provide our clients. Maintaining a clean offsite backup that's affordable for our small business clientele is a tremendous value-add for G&G Group Inc.," said Eddy Wong, president of G&G Group Inc.

The Spare Backup Solution

Spare is a fully automated remote backup solution. It starts by scanning a user's hard drive, including the desktop and e-mail programs, for files and their important components. Then it transports the data, including new and revised files, daily to twin data centers on both U.S. coasts. Files are triple-encrypted and users can access them from any broadband, Web-connected computer anywhere.

"Many SOHO businesses have their important data stored in laptops and PCs that are not backed up regularly, if at all," said Michelle Zou, research analyst at IDC. "One reason is that the traditional backup to removable media involves manual operations; it is not convenient and easy to bring human error. In addition, data recovery is time consuming. Spare Backup Inc.'s online data backup and recovery service automates the backup process, and restores files in seconds by a few mouse clicks."

Spare Backup service costs $15.99 per month, including 5 gigabytes of online storage, and is available for a 14-day free trial at www.sparebackup.com, as well as from its reseller channel.