Arkeia Software

It produces network backup software for 200 platforms including Windows, Macintosh, Linux, AIX, BSD and HP-UX, and also a backup appliance, integrating its software with disk storage and network connectivity.

[2] In May 2015, a community representative for WDC posted on their forum, indicating that the Arkeia Network Backup product line was being phased out.

[4] First incorporated in San Jose, California, the company was reincorporated in France after a $4 million Series-A investment in 2004 from SPEF Ventures (Banque Populaire) and Crédit Agricole Private Equity;[5] this was followed by a $3 million Series-B investment by the same investors in 2007.

[10] In 2009 the company acquired intellectual property and engineering resources from Kadena Systems in a deal that added source-based data deduplication to the software.

[11] The current version, 9.0, automatically adjusts block sizes based on file type in order to maximize dedupe ratios.