Zmanda is now on the SYNNEX GSA schedule!
Open Source Continues to Move Forward as the Preferred Software Solution for Goverment. Zmanda open source software products, including Amanda Enterprise, Zmanda Recovery Manager for MySQL, and Zmanda Cloud Backup provide easy-to-use solutions for the critical backup and recovery requirements of government. Zmanda open source products have obvious advantages over proprietary backup products, including:
- Cost-Effectiveness: Across the board, from the President on down, the call has been made to improve government efficiency at a lower cost. Zmanda backup products cost up to 80% less than competitive products, making open source the clear choice to achieve that goal.
- Based on Open Standards: Government institutions tend to have long retention periods, sometimes decades. Storing backup archives in proprietary formats creates huge cost and trouble in these environments, and in many cases, it is simply impractical. Zmanda products store data in open, well-defined formats, making data restoration dramatically easier, even after years of storage.
- High Level of Security: The new DoD guidelines state that the use of open source will help them anticipate new threats and respond to continuously-changing requirements. Amanda is the only backup project certified as having zero security defects by a project funded by the Department of Homeland Security.
- Track Record: Amanda has a long history of successful government use. Hundreds of government and defense organizations use Amanda every day. In fact, several enhancements to Amanda were contributed by engineers working at distinguished national labs. Zmanda products add new dimensions of ease-of-use, expanded features, and support to this mature open source project.
- Easy to Acquire: Zmanda products are now available through SYNNEX's GSA Schedule GS-35F-0143R
