“VERITAS Software Backup Product Lines Now Deliver Support for
Linux”
“VERITAS® Software Corporation (Nasdaq:VRTS – news), the
industry’s leading enterprise-class application storage management
software provider, today revealed its Linux backup support
initiative to provide a storage management solution for the growing
Linux user base.”
“Linux is an open source, multi-user, multi-tasking operating
system used by more than 10 million customers worldwide. According
to IDC Research, Linux was the fastest growing server operating
environment in 1998, capturing more than 17 percent of all server
operating system shipments. VERITAS Software currently provides
backup clients for popular Linux distributions, including Red Hat
Linux and SuSE Linux, and has development plans to support Caldera
OpenLinux and TurboLinux. With VERITAS Backup Exec(TM) and VERITAS
NetBackup(TM), Linux servers and workstations are fully
protected.”