OfficeRecovery unveils online repair service

data repair technology firm, has revealed a cloud-based online service that cuts the time from encountering a file corruption disaster to complete recovery, reports CIOL.

Available online, the service provides a simple form to upload a corrupted Microsoft Word document, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, or Access database for repair.

After upload, processing typically ranges from a few seconds to a minute, after which the user is offered options for downloading the results of the recovery, said the company.

According to International Business Times, OfficeRecovery online works in a Web browser window, and has been successfully tested with Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari on a variety of desktop and laptop computers and mobile devices.

Microsoft Office for Mac customers are a notable user group that benefits from the multi-platform support inherent to OfficeRecovery Online.

Office for Mac files can be repaired from a Safari Web browser running on MacBook or Mac desktop computers just as easily as from a PC running Windows and Internet Explorer.

Security of the service is provided by using encrypted communication protocols for transferring files to and from customers, and between the internal components of the system, says The Sacramento Bee.

To ensure performance and scalability, OfficeRecovery Online is running on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud infrastructure.