EMC acquires Dantz, makers of Retrospect

In a morning announcement, Dantz Development Corporation, maker of the award-winning Retrospect backup and restore software, has confirmed that they have been acquired by EMC, effective today.

An email sent to Dantz partners earlier this morning says that Dantz will operate as part of the EMC Software Group (ESG), a single, integrated, platform-independent software organization and that EMC’s focus on recovery management, especially in the SMB marketplace, led them to Dantz. Going forward, ESG will accelerate Retrospect’s progress toward becoming the premier backup and recovery offering for SMB customers. Additionally, the letter states, ESG’s backup and recovery strategy will now meet both the data center and distributed requirements for enterprise customers.

Retrospect has been a staple in the Mac backup market for as long as I can remember and is used by enterprise and home users alike. Let’s just hope they don’t forget the home users.