# Maynard Electronics
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{{Infobox company
| name = Maynard Electronics
| logo = Maynard-Elec-logo.jpg
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| industry = [Magnetic tape data storage](/source/Magnetic_tape_data_storage) related products
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| founded = {{Start date and age|1982}}
| founders = Kim and Alison Knapp
| defunct = {{End date|1989}}
| fate = Acquired by [Archive Corp.](/source/Archive_Corp.) then [Conner Peripherals](/source/Conner_Peripherals)
| successor = [Backup Exec](/source/Backup_Exec)
| hq_location_city = [Lake Mary, Florida](/source/Lake_Mary%2C_Florida)
| hq_location_country = United States
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thumb|Early product logo
thumb|Two Maynard tape drives with media
'''Maynard Electronics''' was an American company based in [Lake Mary, Florida](/source/Lake_Mary%2C_Florida) that produced [magnetic tape data storage](/source/magnetic_tape_data_storage) related products.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20060822134034/http://www.backupexec.com/presskit/BackupExec-history.pdf History] of Backup Exec.]
The company was founded by Kim and Alison Knapp in 1982. It was acquired by [Archive Corp.](/source/Archive_Corp.) in 1989, but the brand was maintained. In order to make it easier to sell [tape drives](/source/tape_drives), the company created driver software that came to be called '''MaynStream'''. After [Conner Peripherals](/source/Conner_Peripherals) acquired Archive, the software product was renamed '''[Backup Exec](/source/Backup_Exec)'''.