Backup software has actually had a very long history, which is somewhat surprising and unusual given the relatively short period of time computers have been around. It all began in 1982 when a small company called Maynard Electronics created a software program known as MaynStream. Thought the next 17 years and with a few cooperate acquisitions later, as well as many program updates the backup software became property of Veritas, hence the name of their flagship software, Veritas Backup Exec Software. Since this storied history there have been many reincarnations of the software program for 1998 all the way through 2008