Backup Exec, proprietary backup software developed since 2005 by Symantec, has a long history of successive owner-companies. Its earliest roots stretch back to the early 1980s when Maynard Electronics wrote a bundle of software drivers to help sell their tape-drive products. As of 2014 Backup Exec provides market leading Backup and Recovery software for all sizes of organizations that are predominately Microsoft or VMware centric data-protection solution.