CloudBerry Backup V2.2 ($30)

CloudBerry Lab LLC has released CloudBerry Backup version 2.2 – an application that allows users to backup their data online to their cloud storage accounts such as Amazon S3, Windows Azure and Google Storage.

Disaster recovery planning is often times an afterthought that comes to light when disaster strikes. Very seldom do companies fully recover from loss of critical data which could lead to loss of business. CloudBerry Backup provides a Backup and Restore product designed to leverage Amazon S3 reliable and secure online storage to make your disaster recovery plan simple, reliable, and affordable.

New version of CloudBerry Backup comes with an ability to map cloud storage as a local disk. The customers can now use many existing tools such as Windows Explorer to access cloud storage. In the current version the storage is exposed in the read only manner. In the future versions users will be able to write data to the virtual disk just like to any other disks in the system.

Google Storage for Developers is a service for storing and accessing your data on Google’s infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google’s cloud with security and sharing capabilities. The newer version of CloudBerry Backup comes with the full support for Google Storage for developers.  The users can now back up their data directly to Google Storage leveraging Google high scale storage cloud.

CloudBerry Backup is also available as a Windows Home Server 2011) and Small Business Server 2011 Essentials add-on. It integrates with the WHS console and offers scheduled backup to cloud storage, hosted on Amazon S3.

CloudBerry Backup is designed to work on Windows XP/Vista/7 and Windows Server 2003/2008. Command line interface allows partners and advanced computer users integrate backup and restore plans with other routines.

CloudBerry S3 Backup for Windows costs $29.99 (US) for a single-user license. Volume discounts are available. CloudBerry Backup will be offered without charge to students, educational institutions and non-profit organizations. You will continue to pay Amazon directly for their S3 charges.