buyout. At the time, CommVault’s Galaxy product was primarily an optical archiving product and used some of NetVault's tape library support within it. CommVault and Willow Ltd could not agree the term for the buyout of NetVault. They eventually agreed a deal whereby CommVault would no longer be committed to the development contract with Willow Ltd. CommVault would have the right to license the NetVault media/device manager and Willow Ltd would have full ownership of the NetVault source code. 1997: The re-architecture of the product that was to be NetVault 6 was started by Fabrice Helliker and his team. It had some unique features, including common Graphical User Interface between Windows, UNIX and Linux; support for shared tape libraries on SANs; built-in VTL support; and a plug-in architecture for extending protection to applications and devices. 1998: NetVault K.K. in Japan was created by BakBone co-founders Tony Cerqueira and Pat Barcus. The Willow Ltd. was renamed to NetVault Ltd. 1999: The development of NetVault 6 core product was complete and was released at the end of the year. 2000: BakBone Software bought NetVault Ltd. through a reverse merger by BakBone co-founders Tony Cerqueira and Pat Barcus. 2000: BakBone Software introduced NetVault 6.03, which supported the Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) on NetApp filers. 2003: BakBone Software released NetVault 7, which added user-level access and a reporting infrastructure. 2006: The core team that designed NetVault 6 left BakBone to form Cofio Software. 2009: BakBone Software acquired the continuous data protection (CDP) technology from Asempra Technologies. It was rebranded NetVault FastRecover. 2011: Quest Software completed the acquisition of BakBone Software and made the NetVault product line the core component of their data protection strategy. 2012: Dell completed its acquisition of Quest Software, and added it to the Dell Software Group. The NetVault product line was now a part of Dell Software's "Systems Management" strategic area. 2014: Dell releases NetVault Backup 10.0, with a Web-based user interface and a new back-end database. 2016: Dell sells the Dell Software Group to Francisco Partners and Elliott Management Corporation, and it is branded 'Quest', reusing the brand from which Dell acquired most of its software assets. See also List of backup software References External links NetVault Backup Product Page NetVault Backup Release Notes, Compatibility Guides, and Users Guides NetVault Bare Metal Recovery Backup software Storage software