A few months ago, we introduced our iPhone app. Since then, I've gotten so much use out of it. I love being able to access my backed up files from my iPhone no matter where I am. If I'm sitting at the airport and someone calls and urgently needs a document, I can just pull it up on the iPhone and email to them. I don't need to locate a WiFi hotspot or worry about booting up my laptop.

I used to use remote desktop software to access files on my PCs when I'm travelling, but I had to remember to leave my PC turned on. Not so with Carbonite — from my iPhone I can get at every file on every one of my PCs even if they are turned off. Hardly a day goes by when I don't use the Carbonite iPhone app. It's just amazing to have all your files at your fingertips.

Now we've made this wonderful functionality available to the millions of BlackBerry users out there. BlackBerry is still the 800 pound gorilla in the mobile market. There are over 30 million smartphones in the US and RIM had a 41.6% market share at the end of 2009 (compared to Apple's 25.3%).

The BlackBerry beta download is available on our web site today (visit www.carbonite.com/BlackBerry), and later in May it will be available for download from the BlackBerry app store. It's free, of course, to Carbonite subscribers.

Here's what you can do with the BlackBerry app:

• Browse: You can browse the directory structures on all of your Carbonite-backed-up computers.
• View: Bring up PDFs, photos, music and video files, Excel, Powerpoint, Word documents and other text files can be opened and viewed right on your BlackBerry.
• Share: You can forward any file via email, right from your phone.

We're totally excited about the mobile market. Stay tuned for more exciting Carbonite mobile apps in the near future!

— Dave
CEO, Carbonite

After lots of discussions with our small business users, we're happy to say that the product they've been asking for — Carbonite Pro — has arrived! We think it does a great job of meeting the needs of the various business owners and managers — especially with regards to being simple to use and a great value.

First, unlike the Carbonite you're used to where you get unlimited backup of one PC, Carbonite Pro lets you back up an unlimited number of PCs. There is just one account to manage and protect all the PCs in your office.

Then, since most small businesses don't have a full time IT person, we designed Carbonite Pro so virtually any office administrator can easily use it. Everything is in plain English (no confusing technical terms) and the dashboard is simple to use.

With Carbonite Pro, there's no per-computer charge and you only pay for the amount of backup space you use. And pricing is based on a simple tiered system.

You may not have any idea how much space your company needs and that's why we provide a month free. Throughout the month, you can use the dashboard to see how much space your company is using. You can also see the amount of storage used by each employee. So if someone gets carried away and backs up some very large files, you'll see it.

There are lots more easy-to-use features in Carbonite Pro. To add a new user, just enter the person's email address and Carbonite will send that user a pre-authorized link to install Carbonite Pro. In fact, the user doesn't even have to be in the office to set up Carbonite Pro. (Sales teams and others who are always on the road or who work at home will love it.) And what if one of your employees leaves the company? It's easy to immediately freeze that employee's account, stop any unauthorized downloading from the backup, and re-assign access of those files to someone else.

I could go on and on about the numerous benefits of Carbonite Pro, but we all know that a hands-on trial is the best way to see whether the product is right for you. So, if you’re a small business, just go to CarbonitePro.com and sign up for our free trial.

I absolutely believe you'll find Carbonite Pro very easy to use and the most cost effective online backup solution on the market. When you try it, please let me know how you like it.

— Dave
CEO, Carbonite