Zmanda

ZManda is an open source and cloud backup software company providing software and related services for small and medium-sized enterprises. In practice that means building software for you when nothing off the shelf fits.

The natural audience is companies with a specific process to automate. They also list Cloud Computing and Open Source, so expect those to show up in the feature set. They are a mid-sized team, 51 to 200 people, which usually shapes who they work with.

Zmanda is based in Sunnyvale, California and around since 2005. You can read more at zmanda.com.

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