By Tom Spring, PC World
May 14, 2009
Dying storage dot-coms can make precious images or business data vanish overnight. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Online storage sites, the toast of the Internet circa 2006, are shutting down in droves, putting the data and images of their users in jeopardy.
Online storage services that have announced closings in the [...]

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May 12, 2009
By Rafe Needleman
One of the greatest stumbling blocks that a start-up Web service company has to get over is customers’ fear that the company will die and take their data with it. Manufacturers of traditional software can go belly-up without it immediately affecting a product’s utility. And if General Motors went out of business [...]

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March 01, 2009
(Memphis, TN February 26 2009) PC Magazine has reported that the online backup service HP Upline TM emailed its users this morning announcing it will be closing its doors on March 31. The competing service, BackUPMAX has announced a 50% discount on its service to help former HP Upline TM customers keep their [...]

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February 26, 2009
And so goes the story of one of the slickest online storage and backup services to launch in the past year.
Upline users today received an email from Hewlett-Packard stating that the service would be discontinued effective March 31, 2009.
As of Feb 26, 2009, backup data will not be sent to Hewlett-Packard’s servers. [...]

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February 01, 2009
By Jim Clark

On-line backup solutions are springing up all over the corporate world.  Some are rather limited in their capabilities/capacities.  Some are designed for specific OS’s (like WHS).  Some are free.  Some will cost you based upon flat rates, or graduated rates, depending upon your backup needs.
One such solution is a [...]

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December 29, 2008
HP MediaSmart Server Centralizes Digital Media and Files for Backup, Remote Access, Sharing and Uploading to Social Media Sites
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE) - Dec. 29, 2008 - HP (NYSE:HPQ - News) today launched a home server designed for use with both Windows and Mac computers.Based on [...]

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December 22, 2008
We have been hearing some good things about the HP Upline online storage service so we figured it was time to do a review of the Upline online backup solution.  The service offers unlimited online backup storage with plans to accommodate most of your backup needs.  HP Upline offers one user account, [...]

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August 13, 2008
By Tim Hoeck
How much data do you have on your computer? Is it important to you - no, is it irreplaceable? So much of our data is stored on our computers nowadays, yet so many do not have a plan in place in case of emergencies. Maybe you, like me, have all your [...]

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www.upline.com
Backup Review Rating

(1 Star out of possible 5)
Reviewed on May 03, 2008

Tries to do too much:
Please click here to download the PDF format version of this review
Hp Upline used to be called Titanize and was the product of a company called Opelin that was acquired by HP last year.  At $59 per year [...]

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by Michael Muchmore
Where’s the best place to keep your backed-up data? Somewhere far, far away. These online services will keep your data safe no matter what sort of disaster strikes your local PCs.
Local backup to external or optical drives is an excellent practice, but it can’t always protect your precious data. Just ask director [...]

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By Mary Hayes Weier
InformationWeek

April 22, 2008 04:30 PM
Less than two weeks after the launch of Upline, HP temporarily suspended the service to fix an unspecified “technical issue.”

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) has temporarily suspended a new online data storage service for consumers and small businesses, called [...]

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Hewlett-Packard said its new online storage service will protect your data “whether your hardware fails, your computer is lost or catastrophe strikes.”
But catastrophe appears to have struck HP instead. The company’s Upline service, launched April 7, has been suspended for almost a week due to technical issues with one user’s account.
HP is working to resolve [...]

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Dear HP Upline Service subscriber,
On Thursday, April 17th, HP suspended operation of the HP Upline Service. We fully anticipate that suspension of the Upline Service will be temporary and short in duration, and will notify you when the Upline Service is operational again.
Please accept our sincere apology for this unanticipated interruption of your [...]

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Source: arstechnica.com
By David Chartier
The online storage and backup space is heating up. As our Internet connections speed up and storage space gets cheaper, the potential of easy remote file storage is increasing. Between a growing number of startups and even giants like AOL, Apple, and Microsoft, there is no shortage of free or cheap [...]

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Source: businesswire
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the availability of HP Upline, a new subscription service designed to help customers readily back up, access, share and store digital content over any Internet connection.
The new service provides consumers and small businesses the security of knowing their digital world is protected in a secure, offsite location [...]

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April 07, 2008
Update: April 08, 2008: New links added at the bottom (in the “Related News” section)
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced the availability of HP Upline, a new subscription service designed to help customers readily back up, access, share and store digital content over any Internet connection.
The new [...]

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