An Overview on Cloud Backup Service

Cloud backup is a means to store information or data on the Internet. For example, if a person is a photographer and wants to store his or her pictures elsewhere in case their computer crashes. It would be a good way to backup data for a person who needed to keep data safe in case it was lost on the computer. Many businesses or individuals use such backup services just in case their computers crash or files get corrupted. There are some other advantages to using this type of service.

Cloud backup services are always dependable and reliable. Cloud sources use the best technology, such as encryption, disk-based backup, application-specific protection, and many other kinds of securities for the information that is stored on their server. Additionally, this kind of backup service is affordable. Some of these backup servers charge a flat monthly rate. However, when looking at a cloud service, be sure to question the backup security and management because that is the whole reason for getting such a service; the backup. Another option that needs to be looked at with this backup service is the seeding, which is the first initial backup.

If it is a company that has hundreds of gigabytes of information that needs to be seeded, it could take months to seed this data via the Internet. Therefore, a large company needs to look for a cloud backup service that has seeding options. Another option that needs to be looked at is large restores in case of a complete crash. Some companies will ship the restore information via DVD's for a charge; therefore, cutting out the hours of downloading the files off the cloud backup server for hours. However, there are some disadvantages to using such particular backup methods.

One of the disadvantages of cloud backup services are that high Internet bandwidth is required. One other disadvantage is that your data is at the hands of a third party server, which if they go out of business, a person will have to worry about retrieving his or her data. Also, some charge by how much data a person backs up, but some servers do charge a monthly flat rate instead. Furthermore, there is a difference in between home and professional cloud services.

Home cloud backup services are for a few home or small business computers. The cloud backup services for the larger businesses are able to handle more data and training and support. These cloud backup services that are available for both home and professional use are typically the ones which many people utilize to protect their data.

Transform your android phone as mouse and keyboard.

Here is the trick to transform your android phone as mouse and keyboard. It will be helpful when you don’t have mouse or keyboard when you are out of your home. It is not much complex as rooting your android phone or using your android phone as modem. The process involved is very simple and the conversion takes only a minute.

How to use Android Phone as Mouse and Keyboard ?

1. You need Java SE Environment installed on your computer (latest version is preferable).

2. You need a wireless internet connection (WiFi).

3. Then you need a device running Android operating system (mobile or tablet).

Using Android Phone as Mouse and Keyboard

1. Download the RemoteDroid app from the android market and install in your mobile.

2. Then you need to download the RemoteDroid desktop application from the developer’s website (download here)

3. You don’t need to install the file in your system because it is a kind of portable one and another important thing is, the desktop application is a java file so that it supports for most of the available operating systems.

4. After downloading double click on the executable java application, a RemoteDroid server window will appear before you as you see in the screenshot below.

5. Then  you need to enter the IP address in your RemoteDroid app which appears at the top of window.

6. After entering the IP address you will get a screen appears in the screenshot below in that top one is the trackpad area then left and right mouse buttons are available at the bottom.

7. You can find a small green color keyboard symbol in between left and right mouse button. Click the icon to use your mobile keyboard as system keyboard.

8. It works in both landscape and portrait mode also works with any WiFi network.

9. If you have scroller or trackball in your mobile it functions as a mouse scroller in your system.

Thanks for reading. Please let me know if you have any doubts or suggestions about this article. Soon I will come with some more tips to make your android device much more powerful than what you have now.