Alternative Online Solutions
Does 2013 support online backup with vendors other than Acronis or is it in for a penny in for a pound?
In principle this could be done for some like Google Drive simply by using their method of having a backup folder that is automatically sent to the remote drive. But it would be more elegant if the vendor api was used and it can't be that complicated since there are quite a few plugins doing it for web sites like WordPress and Joomla.
Perhaps Acronis will look at adding a plugin facility in the future? From the evolution of the product tho, I get the sense that the revenue model is focused on getting subscribers rather than software sales so facilitating 3rd party storage solutions may be counter to the business model.
In looking at the pdf manual it is highlighted that 2013 does not support FTP backup, which is possible with 2011 just using the browse for location function. I think I must be reading something out of context on that one, as I didn't read the whole document.
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