4. CA
CA has had mixed relations with solution providers over the years, but less so in the storage business, where the company's primary go-to-market strategy has been through the indirect sales channel.
And its backup and recovery software, ARCserve, has been a channel mainstay for far longer than most.
CA is the second-largest of the independent backup and recovery software vendors after Symantec, and many long-time users and their channel partners swear by its flagship ARCserve offering as their favorite way of backing up and recovering their data.
Next Slide >
