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== History ==
In the mid-1980s, the computer industry was in a great state of change with modems at speeds of 1200 to 2400 baud, making transfers of large amounts of data slow (1 MB in 72 minutes). While faster modems and more secure network protocols were in development, tape backup systems gained in popularity. During that same period the need for an affordable, reliable online backup system was becoming clear, especially for businesses with critical data.
Remote Backup Systems, formerly known as Quantum Tech and founded in 1987 by Rob Cosgrove, was the first company to offer remote backup solutions to service providers. Remote Backup Systems still operates to this day. Also in 1987 he wrote the first book on remote backup services, ''The RBS Book: How to Start and Operate a Remote Backup Data Service.''<ref>{{cite book|last=Edwards|first=Paul and Sarah|title=The Best Home Businesses For The 90s|year=1994|publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons|isbn=0874777844|page=112}}</ref>
More online/remote backup services came into existence during the heyday of the [[dot-com boom]] in the late 1990s. The initial years of these large industry service providers were about capturing market share and understanding the importance and the role that these online backup providers were playing in the web services arena. Today, most service providers of online backup services position their services using the [[SaaS]] (software as a service) and [[PaaS]] (Platform as a service) strategy and its relevance is predicted to increase exponentially in the years to come as personal and enterprise data storage needs rise. The last few years have also witnessed a healthy rise in the number of independent online backup providers.
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