Symantec Online Backup is an online remote backup service that provides businesses with a system for backing up and storing computer files over the Internet. It was released in February, 2008 on the Symantec Protection Network platform.

Symantec Online Backup is an example of cloud computing

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the delivery of computing as a service rather than a product, whereby shared resources, software, and information are provided to computers and other devices as a utility over a network ....

 or SaaS (Software as a Service

Software as a Service

Software as a service , sometimes referred to as "on-demand software," is a software delivery model in which software and its associated data are hosted centrally and are typically accessed by users using a thin client, normally using a web browser over the Internet.SaaS has become a common...

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Sales for Symantec Online Backup were discontinued as of January 2010.
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  - on premise backup and recovery software for small to medium enterprises

External Links=

• Symantec Protection Network site
• Symantec Online Backup details