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By Eric Burgener

The cost advantages are clear, and most of the drawbacks to open source backup software have recently been eliminated.

June 4, 2008—Open source tools, utilities, and products have been available for many years. While these alternatives tend to offer low acquisition costs, companies have been hesitant to adopt them for several reasons. These reasons include spotty technical support, poor or inconsistent documentation, unreliable release schedules, and lack of a driving commercial focus to address issues and provide sustained development directions.

The open source data-protection market has been no different in the past, but recent developments should make small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) take notice. Evolution in maturity, product functionality, and commercial backing warrant a re-evaluation of open source data-protection alternatives. This article reviews data-protection requirements for SMEs, and evaluates how today’s open source data-protection alternatives are able to meet them.

SME data-protection requirements
SMEs generally have limited IT resources. Surveys confirm that …

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