Backup is a lot like flossing: no matter how frequently you do it, some expert is going to say you should be doing it better or more often. That's why HP's SimpleSave is among the easiest back-up drives to use.

While it's won't come cheap, this portable 32GB USB stick may be just be what frequent business travelers have always wanted. Now there's space for everything - except the office water cooler.

The Maxtor Blackarmor has one thing that other USB hard drives don’t - military grade data security in a very stylish package

D-Link offers a well-built desktop NAS appliance that looks good value, but for business users it’s short of features

A huge capacity, classy specification, plenty of business-related storage features and lightning performance

An easily managed appliance for small offices. Performance is modest, but it offers useful remote access features

A tad pricey but a well-built desktop DAS appliance with plenty of fault-tolerant storage and top performance

Excellent business features, let down by poor performance.

Powerful and decent value, but ease of use could be better.

A robust and very usable consumer-level backup service.

A flexible, high-speed backup service at a price that’s more than reasonable.

Still the most hassle-free and effective online home backup system.

The LaCie Little Big Disk Quadra is less than the size of a Harry Potter book, yet crams in two 500GB 2.5in hard disks.

A quiet and efficient device, but expensive at 48p per gigabyte

A useful little NAS box with plenty of features and a compelling price.

The DAT 160 breathes new life into the format and provides a firm upgrade path for users of DAT 72 and DDS-4.

In the mid-range backup market, no other tape format has proved to be as popular as LTO Ultrium. We bring you a first look at the fourth generation.

The easyStore is basic, but it’s good value and its iSCSI capabilities give it an edge over the competition

Certainly not a speed merchant, but it delivers plenty of backup facilities, good security and unique design concepts.