Symantec joins the online storage industry as SaaS competitor... Is it any good? What makes it different then others?

Symantec is probably one of the most forward facing security company that is basically a household name.  Here just recently they have released what looks to be a little outside of their normal product line that they have offered in the past which is pretty surprising and scary at the same time.  The Symantec Protection Network application is a SaaS (Storage as a Service) client that gives you the ability to secure your critical data to their secure datacenter in an automated fashion.  Those who know me I have an extensive backround in this exact type of industry, and to have Symantec put a product like this out is kinda wierd.  My first impression of the software was the sign-up process, it was fairly easy to get through but the workflow was horrible on what you had to go through and forced a machine reboot as I sorted expected since the software did come from Symantec.

Currently there are some nice features with the product, but all-in-all I wouldn't reccommend using this as your production backup solution.    Stay tuned with updates to this article with some screenshots of the interface.