Review of BackupHistory.com

For most people, understanding the history of computer data backup may seem like a meaningless affair and they have better things to do than to look back into the past. That makes the treatment of historical data important as visitor's attention span in the site will be short.

I have to say that BackupHistory.com has done a pretty good job though. The history of data backup was summarized in a concise and interesting manner. How it evolves from punched cards (yes, it was the first digital storage device) and magnetic tape reels to floppy disks, CDs, flash drives, Blu-ray discs to the emergence of network technologies with complex systems for remote backup storage.

Towards the end, in their afternote, they also gave readers a timely reminder that made me realize that I too should be doing more backup than what i have done in the past, which is, once in a blue moon.

Considering that 70% of business people have experienced data loss due to accidental deletion, disk or system failure, viruses, fire or some other disaster, it is indeed better to be safe than sorry.

The creator of this website is SoftLogica.com, which is also the developer of several data backup programs like Backup Platinum and Handy Recovery.