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Today, Backup Exec is a data protection solution that provides Continuous disk-to-disk-to-tape backup and recovery. Continuous protection is now available for Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server in addition to file servers and workstations, eliminating daily backups and providing point-in-time recovery.

The Backup Exec Central Admin Server Option (CASO) provides centralized management of multiple Backup Exec servers.


HISTORY



Major Releases

  • Symantec Backup Exec 11d, November 2006 Backup Exec for Windows Servers

  • Symantec Backup Exec 10d, September 2005

  • VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0, January 2005

  • VERITAS Backup Exec 9.1, December 2003



Provenance

  • 1982 - Maynard Electronics started. Maynard's software is known as "MaynStream."

  • 1989 - Maynard is acquired by Archive Corp. MaynStream is available for DOS , Windows, Macintosh , OS/2 , and NetWare .

  • ? - Quest Development Corporation is independently formed to develop backup software under contract for Symantec.

  • 1993 - Archive is acquired by Conner Peripherals . Conner renames the software "Backup Exec."

  • ? - Quest acquired rights to FastBack for Macintosh, and hired its principal author, Tom Chappell, from Fifth Generation Systems .

  • 1994 - Conner creates a subsidiary, Arcada Software , by acquiring Quest and merging it with their existing software division.

  • 1995 - Arcada acquires the SyTron division from Rexon , including their OS/2 backup software.

  • 1996 - Conner is acquired by Seagate Technology and Arcada is merged into its subsidiary Seagate Software .

  • 1999 - VERITAS Software acquires Seagate Software's ''Network and Storage Management Group'', which included Backup Exec.

  • 2005 - Symantec acquired VERITAS, including both Backup Exec and NetBackup , a completely different backup software package.



EXTERNAL LINKS

  • Backup Exec Product page at symantec.com.

  • History of Backup Exec.

  • A case study of how Microsoft uses Backup Exec and CASO to backup more than 5000 servers.



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