5GB Norton Online Storage with HP, Soon

Hewlett-Packard (HP) computer buyers will soon be offered a free one-month trial for Norton Online Backup service. As the name suggests, the service offers online backing up of data in a secure manner. HP and online security solutions provider Symantec have collaborated to offer this service anticipating the growing trend of cloud computing.

Following the one month of free usage, users can opt to continue using the service for an annual $50 subscription. Symantec has introduced several other cloud computing products in the past year to boost its sales. Cloud Computing, that too when one has to pay for it, still catching up to the masses. Techtree hears from Symantec India that its Norton Online Backup service offer along with HP is expected to come to India. However, it is not known when and for how much. Stay tuned for updates!

Key Norton Online Backup features:

5GB of online storage.

Users can remotely manage and restore lost files from any computer with a Web browser when connected to the Internet.

Uploaded files can be accessed anytime, anywhere when online and can be controlled for up to five PCs through one central account.

Automatic or user-defined backup schedule, while advanced data compression and a technology for “block-level” incremental backups enables faster data transmission.

Norton Online Backup is supported by a high-level of encryption, both before the files leave the computer and during transmission to Symantec’s data centers. The files remain encrypted in Symantec’s professionally managed, highly-secured data center facilities.

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