We’ve recently started reading Guy Kawasaki’s blog and have been very impressed. What’s interesting is that it’s a relatively new blog that has really grown in popularity quite impressively - rising all the way to the 35th position on Technorati’s rating system. You can check out these are more interesting facts here.

There are literally millions of blogs out there, so do find one that has not only relevant but resourceful posts is quite a treat. We highly recommend you check it out.

Happy January, everyone! There are lots of big changes in the world of online data storage for 2007, and lots of changes for all of us here at Symagio. First, and most importantly, we’ve drastically changed our prices.

We spent a lot of time over the holidays optimizing our equipment, our software, and our process for data backup. We’re more confident in it than ever. We wanted to celebrate by passing this onto you, our great clients, in the form of new, lower prices.

We’ll be charging a new, flat fee for all of our clients: we’ll license each computer and server you want to use for the low price of $19.95 a month, and then we simply charge based upon the amount of data you backup. It’s $5 a gig per month. Unlimited restores, and unlimited uploads. It’s easy - if the amount of data you want to back up is larger than your bandwidth can support, we’ll simply FedEx you our external hardware, you load it up and send it back to us. Then you have ALL of your data protected off-site, constantly updated, and available when you need it. It’s a process that is hard to beat.

We do FedEx’d restores on demand, so your downtime in the event of a data failure is minimal. Ultimately, that is what it is all about: protecting your data, no matter the size. Online, disk-to-disk based technology is the most effective and timely way to do this.

We’ve also settled into our new offices in Tribeca. We’re big fans of being in this neighborhood. It’s much more convenient than our old place on Park Avenue, quieter, and will allow us to more effectively manage our growth. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, let us know: we’d love to show you around.

We pride ourselves in being a blog about all that is happening in the world of data backup. But if there is one thing we love more than our jobs, it’s being with our families. That’s why this holiday season has been sparse on the blog entries. We’re starting to get back into the swing of things, and there is big news in the M&A world of data backup….

Industry titan Seagate Technologies bought data storage provider EVault for a cool $185 million. You can find the full story on Yahoo! News and ZDNet. With 250 employees and over 8500 clients, EVault has been around a long time and are well established in this field. Is it a good deal? Well, I haven’t seen any financials, so I can’t know for sure. But that doesn’t mean we can’t speculate.

Online Data Backup is a booming field, and a necessary service. That’s why we exist - because we think we can provide a higher level of service than any of our competitors in this field. However, we’re still in middle of Web 2.0-mania. VC’s are throwing money every which way so they can quickly flip a company to a larger entity such as Microsoft, Yahoo!, Google, or News Corp and come out way ahead. Do I think EVault is only 1/9 as valuable as Youtube? No, even with only 8500 customers, the have a specific business model, a growth market, and a track record of proven success. Youtube has some really funny videos, but they still need to figure out how to monetize it. I’d love for them to have a blog so we could get an inside look at what’s going on in their heads.

Enjoy the reading, and if you come across any other news that we miss, don’t hesitate to send them our way.

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