Windows, Solaris get Zmanda open-source backup
Zmanda, a company that commercializes the open-source Amanda backup software, has expanded its support from just Linux to Microsoft Windows and Sun Microsystems' Solaris. The company announced the expansion Thursday, shortly before a spate of open-source activity at the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo.
Amanda began as a project at the University of Maryland in 1991 and now is included with all major versions of Linux, the company said. It competes with proprietary software such as those from EMC's Legato and Symantec's Veritas.
The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based start-up helps test and develop the open-source project and provides resources to project developers. It was founded in September 2005 and introduced its Zmanda Enterprise Edition software and Zmanda Network support service in April.
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