Computers crash
It's a fact of life, computer hardware crashes, and sometimes dies altogether. Having a remote backup of all your important files means that you can get back up and running again virtually as soon as you have your computer back, or in the worst case scenario, new hardware. You can even restore your critical files to another piece of hardware while you're waiting on a repair/replacement.

It's Safe
Offsite backups are safe. Professional remote data backup providers will have multiple redundancies built into their systems, meaning that your data is replicated across multiple discrete locations, so even if there is a fire in their datacenter, your data is safe and secure in at least one other location.

It's secure
Enterprise quality data backup and recovery services will encrypt your data both ways, which means that even if it is intercepted on the way from your computer to their datacentre, or while you are restoring data to your computer from their datacentre, the data is useless to the person intercepting it anyway.

It's automatic
software based online backup services have the option to back up your data automatically, at set intervals, or continuously. You don't need to remember to back up your critical data, you can just work away safe in the knowlege that your data is being replicated at their datacecntre as you work.

Disasters happen
It's something that nobody wants to think about, but disasters do happen. Earthquakes strike, buildings burn down, and any one of a number of bad, bad things can happen to your premises. If you're relying on tape or optical disk backup, and you'r backups are still on site, they will be destroyed along with your original data.

On demand recovery
If you do actually take your optical or tape backups offsite, and you need them, someone actually needs to leave the premises and collect them. With offsite data backup, you can instantly access your backups, so long as your connection to the datacentre of your backup provider is active.

It's available everywhere
Does your business employ road warriors? Do you have sales or technical staff in other cities, states, or even countries? With remote data backups, they can recover from failed hardware or lost data instantly, anywhere in the world.

In conclusion, with the prices of online backup solutions dropping by the month, can you or your business afford to not be backing up your critical data online?