Arkeia Software Announces Support for 100th Linux Platform.Extends Leadership in Open Source Backup with Delivery of Support for Oracle Enterprise Linux On 2006-10-25 Oracle Corporation announced they would be distributing Oracle Enterprise Linux, an operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[1] Oracle supports Oracle Enterprise Linux itself through its Oracle Unbreakable Linux program. SAN DIEGO -- Building on its reputation as the data protection leader of the open systems market, Arkeia Software is proud to announce support of its 100th Linux platform. With Oracle Enterprise Linux, Arkeia Software reiterates its leadership as the broadest supporter for open source operating systems and applications. In addition to Linux, Arkeia supports other open source operating systems including OpenSolaris and the BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) The software distribution facility of the Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG) of the University of California at Berkeley. family. "We have been using Arkeia's Oracle Agent for 4 years," says Ruben Acosta, backup manager at Axioma, Incorporated. "The robust software and reliable deployment makes it the ideal fit for our backup solution." Axioma deploys both Arkeia Network Backup and Oracle's RDBMS on Linux. The company creates flexible tools to help portfolio managers quickly and accurately implement their investment strategies. Broad Support for Open Source Platforms Arkeia Software provides broad support for open source operating systems, databases, and applications. Arkeia: * Delivered the first professional network backup solution for Linux and the first commercial support for MySQL * Supports both backup servers and backup agents on 100 Linux platforms, including Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux (often abbreviated to RHEL) is a Linux distribution produced by Red Hat and targeted toward the commercial market, including mainframes. Red Hat commits to supporting each version of RHEL for 7 years after its release. , Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell, targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, but can be installed on Desktop computers for testing as well. New versions are released at an interval of 18-24 months. and Open Enterprise Server, Debian, Mandriva, Ubuntu A popular Linux distribution that is noted for its ease of installation and use. Based on the Debian version of Linux and introduced in 2004, Ubuntu is sponsored by Canonical Ltd., London and Montreal (www.canonical.com). , Slackware, PCLinuxOS, CentOS and Fedora * Provides hot backup solutions for MySQL, PostgreSQL, and OpenLDAP open source applications "Linux is an ideal platform for secure, reliable backups," said Bill Evans, Arkeia Software's 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. . "While Arkeia Software does not deliver its backup servers in open source today, we applaud the contribution made to the industry by open source developers. Arkeia's contribution is to support Linux platforms, large and small, and to give organizations that embrace Linux the same data protection tools offered for commercial operating systems." Arkeia delivers platform-specific packages for various package management systems, such as RPM Package Manager RPM Package Manager (originally Red Hat Package Manager, abbreviated RPM) is a package management system. The name RPM refers to two things: a software package file format, and a free software tool which installs, updates, uninstalls, verifies and queries software (e.g. for Redhat and SUSE) and dpkg (e.g. for Debian and Ubuntu). For other Linux distributions, Arkeia provides support with generic glibc (Gnu C-library) installs. As a result, even the newest Linux distributions can benefit from Arkeia's proven network backup software. About Arkeia Software Arkeia Software delivers proven solutions for data backup and disaster recovery. The Arkeia Network Backup Suite was designed for both mid-sized organizations and multi-site enterprises and protects more than 100,000 networks for 7,000 customers in 70 countries. Arkeia software products are available on 130 Linux, Macintosh, Netware, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , Windows platforms and include file-agents, application-agents, database-agents, backup replication servers, and central management servers. The award-winning Arkeia Network Backup software is deployed in three modes: as a virtual appliance, a physical appliance, or a software application. Arkeia shipped the industry's first network backup solutions for Linux in 1999 and is headquartered in San Diego, California “San Diego” redirects here. For other uses, see San Diego (disambiguation). San Diego is a coastal Southern California city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States. As of 2006, the city has a population of 1,256,951. . |
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