Overview and History
The aboriginal annual for Abstracts Deposit Box was created by Tim Jewell and Rob Schenkel. In 2002, Tim and Rob partnered with Jamie Brenzel to absorb Acpana Business Systems Inc. In 2003, they launched Abstracts Deposit Box to the accepted public. They are arch quartered in Toronto, Canada and acquire a American appointment in New York. They action 1 plan which provides easy, low appraisement and makes Abstracts Deposit Box acutely absorbing to both individuals and businesses in seek of a straightforward, acute annal solution.
Feature Set
Security
Data Deposit Box accommodate the best aegis we acquire appear across. Your advice is encoded with Blowfish 448bit encryption both during alteration and while kept in their abstracts centers - that equals coffer and aggressive brand protection! As able-bodied as that, your files are confused application a appropriate agreement invented accurately for web backup.
On top of that you acquire your own logon abstracts which actualize a different encryption key and ensure that no one - not even the administrators at Abstracts Deposit Box - can admission your files.
As for their servers, your abstracts is stored in a carrier brand (that's the accomplished version) abstracts centermost with bombastic accouterments at every level, blaze abolishment systems and 24x7 absolute guards.
Archiving Features
Data Deposit Box authority a apparent on their Continuous Advancement Arrangement which waits for files to be amended, removes the alterations, shrinks them, encrypts them and cautiously transports them to their abstracts centers. This allows for faster backups and permits accessible files such as Outlook to be backed up after closing the affairs first.
File versioning is built-in: Initially 3 versions of all files is kept, but this can be upped to a best of 28 versions if so desired. Yet, anniversary adaptation - which just contains the amendments from the endure adaptation - does calculation appear your accumulator amount.
Initially, Abstracts Deposit Box automatically chooses several folders in your bounded profile: My Documents, Desktop, Favorites, and Outlook Express. You can calmly alter, add or annul folders from the advancement annual by application the applicant software.
Restore Features
Restores are absolute easy, just right-click the Abstracts Deposit Box figure in the arrangement tray and bang Restore. Again cross to the binder you charge to recover, right-click and baddest restore.
Previous versions of files can be adequate via the online portal.
Control and Analysis
There is a nice affection called: 'Backup and Resume': Backups automatically delay if the keyboard or abrasion is alive to acquiesce added CPU acceleration and internet bandwidth. If the keyboard and abrasion acquire been bare for a while, the advancement starts from breadth it larboard off.
Interface
The applicant software interface is rather old-style - about to the point of awakening - and looks actual corporate. But, it works well, is low on adeptness acceptance and provides you all the advice you need.
The web aperture is rather prettier but still feels actual corporate. Nevertheless, it does accommodate a abundance of advice and agreement options. There is even a Accumulated Administration breadth area you can administer all the users you would like to use the service.
The advertisement breadth shows absolutely what has been backed up and when. The My Abstracts breadth provides a aboveboard timberline aeronautics arrangement to coursing down any of your archived files forth with a seek function.
Device Support
Currently there is abutment for MACs and PCs via the desktop. Any web affiliated accessory can admission the backed up abstracts but the accessories are clumsy to be backed up themselves.
Limitations
The added you archive, the added you pay.
File Administration and Collaboration
Private book administration is accessible from the internet aperture and can be enabled on individual files or absolute folders. Anniversary allotment can be allocated a different countersign and this can be emailed out forth with a different web abode to acquiesce admission to the specific files and folders you ambition shared. There is aswell an internet photo anthology affection that can be aggregate in the aforementioned way. In both cases, files can be beheld and downloaded but not altered.
Public book administration and book accord is unavailable.
Synchronization
Synchronization is alone accessible from the desktop software to the online portal. Not amid devices.
Web 2.0 Integration
None.
Customer Support
Phone abutment is accessible during business hours. There is a abridgement of reside chat, appointment or blog. But you can get in blow with abutment by way of email or by commutual the online form. They assume actual agog on self-help and action a abundant knowledge-base / FAQs section. There are aswell testimonials, tutorials, a audience and webinars available.
There isn't a chargeless version, but there is a 15 day trial.
Ease of Use
Both the web and applicant interfaces are simple to cross about and use. Already configured, you absolutely do not see the desktop applicant alive acquire for the figure in the arrangement tray acclaim blinking to acquaint you a advancement is in progress. There are bags of options available, however, it is able-bodied laid out and looks abundant - if a bit retro.
Cost
- Initial setup: free
- Monthly Cost: $2 / Gb / mth
- Initial acceptable accumulator amount: unlimited
- Cost of added storage: $2 / Gb / Mth
- Cost of added accessories / PCs / users: unlimited
- Referral Program: Yes. $10 is accustomed to your annual and the annual of the humans you accredit already they pay their aboriginal invoice.
- E-billing facility: Yes
- Hidden cost: Book versions add appear your accumulator usage, accordingly alone set versioning to the bulk you in fact need.
Conclusion
Overall Abstracts Deposit Box is a solid, acutely defended web annal service. The client's attending and feel is a bit anachronous but it has that 'built to last' feel which gives the consequence that this annual will never abort and will endure forever. The advancement appearance are great, although the abridgement of an adeptness to agenda backups is a bit unusual. If testing, the aboriginal advancement of 2Gb of abstracts took a continued time: Over 4 hours, about this has to be advised adjoin the point that there was about no processor or bandwidth abridgement because the applicant stops whenever you use the PC.
The appraisement is acceptable if you acquire a baby bulk of abstracts that needs attention on several machines. If you acquire lots of abstracts again this band-aid could get absolutely expensive. Aswell you will charge to adviser abstracts amplification if you would like to ascendancy costs.
The clandestine administration and photo anthology functionality are nice touches yet it would be an advance to see this broadcast by bond with online certificate casework such as Google Docs and Zoho as able-bodied as photo alteration services.
As a final arbitrary I would say that Abstracts Deposit Box is a abundant band-aid if you acquire a baby bulk of abstracts advance beyond abounding machines. If you acquire a lot of abstracts again there are cheaper solutions available.
