I’m one of those computer-savvy geeks who’s absolutely awful about backing things up. But I think I’ve finally seen something that will change those bad habits. We launched Vembu Home today, and I think it’s a really usable backup application.

Clearly there’s no shortage of on-line backup solutions on the market, but our assessment is that Vembu has done a great job taking things to a new level. This isn’t just a blatant endorsement of a Rainier client – I’ve downloaded the product and am using it (to try it, go to Vembu Home and enter the limited invitation code: BACKMEUPSCOTTY).

Both in terms of flexibility and the user interface (it’s the first backup application built using the Adobe Air+Flex platform) Vembu’s come up with a good solution, in my opinion.

First of all, this is the first and only unified backup product, meaning you can backup locally or to the Amazon (web services) Cloud, or to both, from one user interface. Second, the user interface is gorgeous. Finally, the product is based on Vembu’s company’s StoreGrid technology, which already runs on something like 100,000 enterprise computers worldwide.

Basically Vembu Home is enterprise grade stuff repackaged and priced for home users who never back their stuff up. Until now.