Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: migration-assistant

This is a wishlist bug report. Please move it to the appropriate queue
for processing. :)

I would love to see a remote backup service added to the Live CD that would 
help people migrate their data from Windows to Ubuntu. The application would 
connect to a Web-based service and would upload all data from the current 
machine to a secure offsite backup. The machine could then have Ubuntu 
installed and the data would be migrated back down from the secure site to the 
(now) Ubuntu machine. The advantage of using this service over a local 
migration only would be:
(1) people can "see" their data is safe before migrating;
(2) people can continue to backup their data to an offsite location (therefore 
making Ubuntu appear "safer" from data loss).

Integration with a service such as Mozy.com, or Amazon S3 or Dropbox
(already has a Windows + Ubuntu client) would be preferred. If someone
already has an offsite service set up the tool should be able to hook
into it and download the data.

This idea is also loosely described in http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/13671
Refinements welcome. :)

** Affects: migration-assistant (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Wishlist
         Status: New

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Online data storage to migrate from Windows
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/274220
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