A lot of people have been talking about Mozy lately and this seems to be one startup in the online backup space that seems to have even the biggest companies a little bit worried. Mozy's first innovation is free remote backup - that is right, absolutely free backup for up to 2GB. If you don't have many important files or pictures 2GB may be plenty.

OK, so 2GB isn't all that much storage space, but their paid options are cheap, also. For 30GB of space (pretty much the sweet-spot for remote backup) they charge $4.95/month.

Scheduling backups with Mozy couldn't be easier and everything seems pretty intuitive. They even have an option that allows you to schedule backups for whenever your computer is idle - this keeps Mozy from getting in your way but gets your data backed up as quickly as possible.

One common complaint that we have heard about Mozy is the monthly email free users receive in exchange for the service - the emails are a little quirky, but it seems like a small price to pay. If we have any real concerns about Mozy they are the lack of a Mac client and how difficult the restore process can be.

Note: We just learned from a marketing rep. at Mozy that they updated the application to streamline the restore process. It seems a lot better now.

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