Kelly Manchester

A number of cloud-based services have been announced by Vodafone for its customers. The first in this range of services will be the PC backup service.

Touted as the next level in computing, the so-called ‘cloud computing‘ will provide services, resources and applications, which can be accessed by the people via a web browser. This will promote the usage of a virtual domain to store and retrieve data, and lessen the usage of software being run on the users’ personal computers.

Under Vodafone’s PC backup service, users will be able to save a backup of their data from their computers to a remotely hosted and secured site. Using their broadband connection either from their own PC or from any computer with an internet connection anywhere in the world, they will able to view or share this data.

Director of Vodafone mobile broadband Huw Medcraft commented that customers often use various connecting devices on a daily basis, which carry different data and information in each one of them. He claimed that Vodafone PC Backup would enable the customers to store the content centrally. This would enable them to access their files, like work documents for businesses or family photographs, whenever they want via a number of devices and across both fixed and mobile broadband networks.

A business version is being developed that will include user management in a multi-user system, which will successfully create an integrated document management system. It will allow an administrator to secure classified information by creating access barriers in the virtual domain.

Pricing for this service is yet to be decided. However, the launch is due sometime next year.

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