Shop Talk: Carbonite

Welcome to our second installment of Shop Talk, your monthly insider’s guide to discovering the most amazing independent retailers on the web. We know that when it’s time to do your shopping, it’s just so easy to hit the major stores you already know. But, why not try something new? Every month, we give you the scoop on three of our favorite specialty shops to help you find crazy savings on all the goodies you want and need. However, this month, instead of three shops, we’re going to focus on one amazing deal from our friends at Carbonite.com!

Remember the time when your ancient laptop decided to take its last breath, which resulted in you losing every photo of your son’s first 2 years, pages and pages of pregnancy journal entries that you wrote for him to read when he was a young adult, and important documents needed for his preschool registration? The pit in your stomach feeling, which seems to resurface every time you think of that day, could have been avoided if only you’d known about Carbonite.com.

Carbonite  is an online backup service that takes the extreme expense and confusion out of saving your most precious files. With customers in over 100 countries, founders Jeff Flowers and David Friend have assisted mothers, fathers, students and businesses alike, making the same promise to each and every one – their files are (and will remain) safe and sound.  Since they began in 2005, Flowers and Friend have been honored with numerous awards, including:

• Honored as 2011 “Most Admired Startup” by Boston Business Journal
• Ranked #9 on the 2010 Inc 500 list (#1 in IT services and #1 in New England)
• Winner of the 2010 Tech Circle Gold award, SOHO

Carbonite has been kind enough to share an exclusive coupon with you, the Coupon Craze readers, so that you too can have peace of mind knowing that every photo, document, music file and memo is safely backed up for whenever you need it next. Save 10% off a 1-year subscription – starting as low as $59 per computer –  or save 5% off a 2-year subscription – starting as low as $118 per computer.   

Share this deal with your family and friends so that years from now you can ooh and ahh together over your -- and their -- favorite family photos and videos, all of which were backed up safely using the superb services of Carbonite.com!