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ComputerWorld: Linux gaining backup tool support

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 21, 1998

Legato Systems Inc. will
soon join Spectra
Logic Corp.
on the scant but growing list of backup vendors
offering Linux support.” “I think a lot of organizations are
evaluating use of Linux right now … but [Linux’s] backup
utilities aren’t sufficient,” said Dave Hill, an analyst at
Aberdeen Group Inc. in Boston.

Veritas Software Corp.
plans to announce Linux backup support by the middle of next year.
And Knox Software has been offering its Arkeia backup product
for Linux since last year.

Complete
story
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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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