We’ve stressed the importance of good data backup systems ad-nauseam on TechClicker.  The amount of data being accumulated by the average person is staggering, and much of this data is invaluable.  While several good, redundant in-home backup solutions exist, such as network attached storage devices, these don’t replace the need for good off-site storage as well – for which there are several online solutions offering free or relatively inexpensive backup solutions.

Mozy, a popular online backup solution with “more than 1 million customers and 50,000 business customers backing up 25+ petabytes of information to multiple data centers around the globe”, has announced a new version of its online backup software client.  The new software, dubbed Mozy 2.0, offers users an improved interface, increased speed, and the ability to dually backup their data to an external hard drive in addition to Mozy’s online storage for an increased layer of redundancy.

Mozy offers 2GB of free data storage and will backup an unlimited amount of data for $5 per month.  So backup your data, there’s no excuse not to.