Arkeia Releases Open-Xchange Backup Solution for Netline Open-Xchange Servers and Novell SUSE LINUX Openexchange.BOSTON -- Arkeia Corp., the leading provider of backup and recovery solutions for Linux-based environments, today announced the release of its fully integrated backup solution for Netline Internet Service's Open-Xchange Server. Netline's Open-Xchange Server is a modular, standards-based communications tool that provides businesses with flexible groupware functions including e-mail, calendar, contacts, tasks and real-time document storage. Arkeia backup for Open-Xchange Server is a modular solution that features the hot backup Backing up a database that is in active use. Contrast with cold backup. of the LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) A protocol used to access a directory listing. LDAP support is implemented in Web browsers and e-mail programs, which can query an LDAP-compliant directory. server and the PostgreSQL database as well as Open-Xchange specific data. The backup solution is available with Arkeia Network Backup and Arkeia Server Backup products. The Open-Xchange Server backup is easily configured through the Arkeia GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. . Equally convenient, restoration granularity can go down to the individual document level, including versioning management. E-mail server See mail server. protection allows incremental backup See backup types. (operating system) incremental backup - A kind of backup that copies all files which have changed since the date of the previous backup. The first backup of a file system should include all files - a "full backup". Call this level 0. and restores down to the mailbox folder level. "Open-Xchange is one of these open-source solutions which accelerates further Linux adoption Linux adoption refers to the uptake of the Linux operating system by homes, organisations and governments. Linux migration refers to the change over to Linux from other operating systems. ," said Phil Roussel, Arkeia CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Offering an easy-to-use backup solution for these servers is part of Arkeia's strategy to strengthen its Linux leadership in backup and disaster recovery." "Arkeia provides an immediate backup solution for current SUSE LINUX Openexchange users," said Frank Hoberg, CEO, Netline Internet Service. "Current supporters of our community project and customers of our commercial version due in March will also benefit from the same Arkeia protection." Because Open-Xchange Server is based on the same technology and architecture as Novell's SUSE LINUX Openexchange Server, the Arkeia Open-Xchange Server solution is compatible with fully integrated groupware solutions offered by Novell. The plug-in is priced at $690. A release candidate version will be available Feb. 15 at http://www.arkeia.com/download/rc/. About the Open-Xchange community project Each of Netline's core team members has years of experience in developing Open-Xchange. Each is responsible for one or more specific Open-Xchange modules and is responsible to integrate community developers outside of Netline in the development process. A new XML-RPC (XML Remote Procedure Call) A message-based protocol based on XML for accessing services over the Internet. An XML-RPC message is passed to the target server in an HTTP POST request. For more information, visit www.xml-rpc.com. See XMLP, XML and RPC. (remote procedure call) will enable developers to create new modules with new functions -- OXtensions(TM) enabling them to access methods via simple XML. New third-party products from ISVs or open source projects can be plugged-in into Open-Xchange easily without touching the core groupware engine. The result: faster innovation and excellent quality of the source code, How To's, documentation and intense testing on several hardware and operating systems. (http://mirror.open-xchange.org/ox/EN/community/roadmap.htm) About Arkeia Corp. Arkeia Corp. is a leading provider of established backup and recovery solutions for departments and mid-size businesses utilizing Linux. Arkeia offers data protection software designed to ease the life of system administrators by providing efficient technology at a competitive price. Products include Arkeia Network Backup, Arkeia Server Backup, bare metal Disaster Recovery modules, NDMP (Network Data Management Protocol) An open standard for backing up data in a heterogeneous environment. Developed by Network Appliance and IntelliGuard Software, NDMP uses a common data format which is written to and read from drivers for the specific disk and support for NAS (1) See network access server. (2) (Network Attached Storage) A specialized file server that connects to the network. A NAS device contains a slimmed-down operating system and a file system and processes only I/O requests by supporting the popular backup and hot backup plug-ins for Oracle, DB2, Lotus, MySQL, PostgreSQL, LDAP, MS SQL and MS Exchange Servers. Protecting more than 100,000 networks worldwide, Arkeia solutions have been adopted by 4,000 corporate-class customers in over 50 countries since 1999. Arkeia is privately held, with investment funding support from two major banking concerns. Offices are in Carlsbad, Calif, and Paris, France. For further information visit www.arkeia.com. |
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