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Microsoft Hogs the Spotlight: Page 5 of 6

At the moment, Sony is using CA’s BrightStor Mobile backup software to help customers ensure that their employees’ laptops are backed up often and securely.

But there is more to this story. While Sony is beta testing Veritas’s NetBackup Professional software for desktop and laptop backups, and expects to offer it as a NAS option soon, the company may end up having to get a much bigger package from the software giant.

A Veritas employee, who asked not to be named, has confirmed that the company is planning to repackage its mobile backup software into the upcoming launch of its Backup Exec 9.1. “Our Backup Exec product is well accepted -- it has 60 percent market share,” the employee says. “It makes sense to take products that are less developed and try to sell them as a piece of that.”

Charlie Chaplin, who was last seen stuffing a chocolate Windows Storage Server statuette into his mouth, declined to comment.

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