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SCORE PRICE From 50GB, £24 exc VAT per month from backupvault.co.uk BackupVault will appeal to SMBs seeking predictable cloud storage costs as its prices are based purely on the total amount of data t

I am getting increasingly annoyed with companies that make it difficult to update their software. Ideally, an app should have a “Check for update” menu item. Even better if there’s a “Check every day”

SCORE PRICE Starts from £804 exc VAT per year from barracuda.com Barracuda’s all-in-one backup solutions can look after all local and cloud backups, site-to-site replication and disaster recovery. Ava

SCORE PRICE From 5TB, £423 exc VAT per year from synology.com Best known for its highly respected NAS appliances, Synology also offers a range of cloud backup solutions. C2 Backup for Business provide

It’s always exciting to discover a free PC program that offers advanced features you usually have to pay for. It’s also interesting to try new open-source tools from independent developers on GitHub (

NirSoft, one of our favourite independent developers, has launched two tools measuring how long it takes your computer to boot and shut down. BootPerformanceView (www.snipca. com/55145) shows the boot