Western Digital(NASDAQ:WDC) has announced expansion of its product portfolio addressing small- and medium-sized businesses with the addition of network backup software and appliances from Arkeia Software, recently acquired by WD. WD has also announced that the Arkeia Network Backup version 10.0 software, for which a limited release was delivered in December 2012, becomes generally available.
“Arkeia’s products expand WD’s growing product portfolio of solutions for small- and medium-sized businesses. SMB organizations are managing ever-growing volumes of critical business data, which need to be stored, shared, protected and secured. Our easy-to-manage small storage server, WD SentinelDX4000, provides backup and storage centralization capabilities for small businesses and workgroups, while Arkeia’s network backup software provides a more feature-rich data-protection solution for larger SMB customers,” said Jim Welsh, Executive Vice-President & General Manager of WD’s Branded and CE Products.
The acquisition was completed through a merger transaction, encompassing all of the employees, technology and products of Arkeia.
“Joining WD gives the Arkeia team a great opportunity to accelerate adoption of Arkeia’s innovative technologies and products. The Arkeia team is delighted to be a part of WD. WD has chosen an ideal moment to invest in this critical product category as backup-to-disk solutions accelerate their displacement of backup-to-tape,” said Bill Evans, Senior Director of Worldwide Software Marketing at WD and former CEO of Arkeia Software.
