• Online offsite backup services result in total elimination of all backup hardware such as disks, tapes and drives
• Online offsite backup services ensures that data backup is faster and at times almost transparent to the user.
• Offsite backup services ensure that restoration of data is risk free and again taken of by the offsite backup services company and not dependent on flimsy data storage hardware.
• Online offsite backup services depend on fast internet data transfers to ensure that data backup and data restoration processes are fast.

• SMEs (Small medium enterprises) - Online offsite backup services are ideal for SMEs - since SMEs do not have the data technicians or a comprehensive data centre operation to automate their own backups. SMEs currently use only physical backup dependent on flimsy floppy disks,obsolete zip drives and ignorant IT technicians.Offsite data storage would be a great alternative for SMEs
• Offsite backup services for anybody who wants disaster recovery There are a lot of companies and departments who need disaster recovery but cannot afford an alternate data centre- If your mind is set on disaster recovery, offsite backup services is the solution for you. Since your critical data resides in an offsite location possibly even in another country, you are safe from possible data centre disasters and need not worry about data centre disaster recovery since online offsite backup services will take care of immediate data backup for possible restoration at a later time.
• If you have geographically dispersed data centre- Offsite backup services are ideal if your IT department already operates on a GDD (Global distributed delivery) model.

Offsite backup services centres will drive the transition of the data storage industry from a 'product' and 'hardware' driven industry to a 'services' industry.