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I don't know that I'd call it industrial strength, but with BitVault you can run your own online/offsite backup network. Run the clients on all the machines that have data you want backed up and/or that you want to backup to and they all backup to each other, using at least one central server to do with coordinating. You can run several servers/relays if you wish. Compresses, then encrypts, and then sends off the data to the other clients. You just flag which files and/or directories that you want to be backed up and then forget about it. Defaults to syncing every two hours, but you can make the interval any that you wish, including at a set time on certain days. I use it for personal backups for family members' machines, which granted is far from some corporate environment. But if you're not too big then perhaps it'll suffice for you as well. I'm not sure how large it'll scale, but it's working well for about a dozen machines for me. Used to be called LeanOnMe, but also used to rely on their central communication servers. Now it's called BitVault and you're in charge of putting up your own servers. http://www.312inc.com/

There's no better solution than P2P for that. Their software relies on the JXTA P2P framework and a distributed group of peers to make safe, redundant, and (of course) encrypted backups.

Sounds like LeanOnMe, a JXTA-powered backup system with encryption.

Lean On Me is automatically disqualified for using random stock pictures of smiling people.

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A company called 312, Inc. already has a commercial product for P2P backups called Lean On Me.

I don't work for them, etc.

A company called 312, Inc. already has a commercial product for P2P backups called Lean On Me.

I don't work for them, etc.