CrashPlan is making an immediate pivot to focus its cloud backup service exclusively on businesses, and the company is planning to shut down its consumer-facing “CrashPlan for Home” product as a result. That process will last several months, but effective immediately, CrashPlan has already stopped accepting new consumer users and won’t allow existing non-business customers to renew their backup plan.

“Over the past few years, we’ve seen data protection needs of consumers and businesses — both small businesses and enterprises — diverge,” CrashPlan wrote in its FAQ. “To best meet these needs and continue delivering the best possible products and services, we have decided to focus our business strategy on enterprise and small business…

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