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19 May 2010, Carbonite.com Press Release
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Needham, Mass. — May 19, 2010 —
Carbonite ®, a leading provider of
online backup, was selected as a 2010
New England Innovation Award Winner by
The Smaller Business Association of New
England, Inc. (SBANE). Carbonite, one of
eight winners, demonstrated significant
growth and third-party validation to
stand out as a winner among 162
applicants.
"SBANE recognizes the intrinsic value
that innovation possesses in driving the
New England economy. Our Innovation
awards recognize those companies that
have transformed innovative ideas into a
product or service that delivers proven
value to a customer," said SBANE
President Robert Baker. "We are thrilled
to honor these 'game changers,'" he
said.
SBANE's New England Innovation Awards
recognize regional businesses with
compelling ideas or technology offerings
that clearly demonstrate a significant
benefit to end users or presents the
market with a new sector or fulfills an
industry gap. Carbonite President Keith
Cooper was presented the award at the
SBANE Gala Awards Dinner held on May 13.
"SBANE's New England Innovation
Awards are an exceptional recognition
for creating products and services that
solve real problems," said Cooper.
"Every single day, Carbonite saves
business and personal data, photos,
movies and other files that would have
been lost forever. It is a great
feeling."
Carbonite launched its online backup
service for PC owners in 2006. In the
last year, Carbonite enhanced its Remote
File Access features beyond Web browsers
to mobile accessibility through iPhone
®, iPod Touch ® and BlackBerry ®
smartphone devices. Additionally, the
company raised approximately $20 million
in a mezzanine financing round and
received accolades in 2009 as a WebWare
100 winner and recipient of the Mass
Technology Leadership Council Award.
About Carbonite
Carbonite revolutionized the market
for consumer and small-business backup
services with its industry-first
offering of unlimited online backup for
a low, flat price. Since 2006, the
company has backed up more than 80
billion files and has restored more than
7.2 billion lost files for its
million-plus customers. Carbonite, which
was ranked No. 9 overall and No. 1 in IT
Services in the Inc. magazine
2010 Inc. 500 listing, backs up more
than 200 million files every day to
high-redundancy storage servers in its
Boston and Somerville, Mass., data
centers.
The Carbonite mission is to provide a
simple, affordable, and secure backup
and "anytime, anywhere access" solutions
for the mainstream computer user.
Carbonite supports both the Windows and
Mac platforms. |
