BakBone Inks Worldwide Distribution Agreement with Sun Microsystems.Storage Innovators Collaborate to Extend Customer Choice with Addition of BakBone NetVault Data Protection Solutions SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- BakBone Software  This article about a company does not make it clear whether the subject meets the Wikipedia criteria for . ([R]) (Pink Sheets:BKBO), a global provider of heterogeneous integrated data protection solutions, today announced a strategic worldwide technology licensing and distribution agreement with Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , giving Sun's customers more choices in backup, restore and disaster recovery solutions. This agreement furthers the longstanding and successful relationship between the companies which began with BakBone's support for the Solaris(TM) Operating System operating system (OS)Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. (OS). Today's announcement enables the worldwide availability and global cooperative support for BakBone's NetVault([R]): Backup product suite through Sun's direct sales force, as well as its network of distributors and value-added resellers A value-added reseller (VAR) is a company that adds some feature(s) to an existing product(s), then resells it (usually to end-users) as an integrated product or complete "turn-key" solution. (VARs). "We've been listening to our customers and heard loud and clear that they want choice and flexibility at the right price," said Nigel Dessau, vice president, Storage Marketing and Business Operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , Sun Microsystems. "Offering BakBone's NetVault([R]) data protection capabilities as part of Sun's family of enterprise storage solutions represents tremendous value, access and simplicity for our customers and complements other close Sun relationships. Together, Sun and BakBone are working closely to provide our mutual customers with complementary enterprise-class storage management technologies." According to Jim According to Jim is an American situation comedy television series originally broadcast by ABC. The show premiered with little publicity in October 2001, following the surprise hit comedy My Wife and Kids. Johnson, BakBone's president and 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. , this agreement reflects several years of ongoing technical collaboration and business development between the two companies. "BakBone's strategy is to redefine data protection as a simple and straightforward process - even in the most complex environments. This agreement marks a milestone for BakBone, as it reinforces customer acceptance of our heterogeneous data protection solutions while extending BakBone's global footprint into Sun's installed base. We are proud to deliver our technology to the Sun market, and to make it easier for customers to protect existing Sun storage investments and simplify data protection." The expanded agreement between BakBone and Sun builds on a relationship that began over a decade ago. Since that time, the collaboration between the two companies has fostered a more integrated relationship which now includes membership in Sun's elite new StorageTek Ready platform, as well as participation in the Sun(SM) Partner Advantage Program for ISVs. Today, BakBone and Sun share a customer base that includes 550 of the Fortune 1000. BakBone was also recently recognized at Sun Forum 2006 as the Sun Storage Partner of the Year. About BakBone Software, Inc. BakBone Software is a leading international data protection solution provider that develops and distributes heterogeneous data backup, restore, disaster recovery, replication and storage reporting software The following is a list of notable reporting software. Commercial software
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