LaCie in Partnership With World Backup Day

LaCie announced its official partnership with World Backup Day.

Celebrated on March 31st, World Backup Day is an annual event that aims to educate computer owners about the importance of regular data backup. LaCie joins the effort this year with several initiatives to get people thinking about their backup strategies.

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LaCie World Backup Day Sweepstakes
Consumers can enter the LaCie World Backup Day Sweepstakes to win hard drives or online storage. From March 19th – 31st, LaCie will give away prizes on its Facebook page to get people prepared for World Backup Day. Prizes include Rugged Mini, Little Big Disk Thunderbolt Series, Network Space 2, or 50GB of Wuala Secure Cloud Storage.

Become a Backup Guru
LaCie has put together an infographic on backup. Whether one is new to backup or in need of a refresher, this how-to guide is a resource to help users determine what backup plan is right for them.

LaCie Deals
In honor of World Backup Day LaCie offers several deals including $10.00 off Rugged Mini (500GB), $20.00 off Wireless Space (1TB) and $40.00 off 5big Office. Use promo code LACIEWBDAY at checkout to receive the discount plus free shipping. This offer is valid through March 31, 2012 on the company’s web site.

Additionally consumers can earn an extra 2GB of capacity from Wuala, LaCie’s Secure Cloud Storage service. To get this offer use code WORLD_BACKUP_DAY at http://www.wuala.com. The free storage is good for one year.

About World Backup Day
World Backup Day was chosen to be the day before April 1st (April Fools) in order to drive the message that one should backup all those pictures, spreadsheets, love letters, cat pictures, and important financial documents before it’s too late. World Backup Day began its inaugural celebration in 2011 by a few concerned users on reddit.com. Virtually all tech news sources reporting on it. For 2012, World Backup Day has partnered with many media partners to spread the word of backups.