CrashPlan Expands Backup Services for Small Businesses
New server and Google Workspace protection enables smaller companies to automate data security via centralized policies.
Updated on Oct. 21, 2026 in Cybersecurity
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CrashPlan has expanded its small business product line to include native server and Google Workspace backup services. These features, which are now generally available, provide automated protection for companies with fewer than 250 users.
Why it matters
Small and midsize businesses often lack the dedicated IT resources to defend against sophisticated attacks, yet they are increasingly targeted by digital extortion. Protecting critical data across cloud and server environments is now a primary requirement for minimizing the operational and financial impact of a breach.
The platform offers 50GB of pooled cloud storage per user for Google Workspace. Backup operations leverage deduplication, compression, and incremental storage management to optimize volumes for the end user.
The players
CrashPlan
A provider of data backup and recovery solutions that focuses on securing endpoint and server data for businesses.
The details
The server backup product utilizes immutable and isolated storage, which prevents unauthorized alteration or deletion of data, serving as a defense against ransomware. Cloud-to-cloud backups operate in the background using centralized policies to ensure continuous protection without manual intervention. Deduplication — a process that removes redundant data to save space — works alongside incremental backups, which only copy data that has changed since the last update, to maintain efficient storage usage.
Timeline
October 21, 2026: The new backup services became generally available for small business customers.
The Tech Race
This development follows a trend where cybersecurity providers shift from endpoint-only protection to integrated cloud-to-cloud and server-side backup strategies for smaller enterprises. By centralizing these services, CrashPlan aims to provide small-scale operations with the same data integrity capabilities typically found in enterprise-grade security suites.
Businesses with fewer than 250 users can now implement these backup tools to automate data protection across Gmail, Google Drive, and their Windows or Linux servers. Interested IT administrators can test the new services through a 14-day free trial.
The takeaway
Small businesses should evaluate their current backup redundancy to see if it meets the criteria for immutable, isolated storage against modern ransomware threats. Future developments to watch include how these storage-to-user ratios hold up for companies nearing the 250-employee limit.
Further reading
For broader trends in enterprise defense, explore our Cybersecurity section.
Source note: This article includes information reported by ChannelLife US.
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