Azzouz began developing a storage management and backup platform after his early purchase of a Rodime hard drive failed in 1983 resulting in the loss of important data.
[citation needed] In January 1993, Quest paid Symantec to terminate their partnership agreements.
[citation needed] The proven revenue growth allowed Quest to seek venture capital enabling Azzouz to quickly secure a significant investment from Conner Peripherals, the largest hard drive and tape drive manufacturer.
[3] By 1995 Arcada's Backup Exec and full suite of storage management products became the global industry standard for both desktop and network server platforms like Windows NT, IBM OS/2 and Novell Netware.
Upon completion of Arcada's transition as Seagate Software, Azzouz launched development of internet technologies which led to him to join his long time mentor and partner, Lennart Mengwall, in acquiring controlling interest in OneWave shortly after their IPO[6] led by Goldman Sachs.