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21 September 2010, Carbonite.com Press Release
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Burlington, Mass., — September 21,
2010 — Carbonite ®, a leading provider of
online backup, has been named a finalist
in the 13th Annual Mass Technology
Leadership Council Award program for
three categories including Privately
Held Company of the Year; Product of the
Year, Carbonite Pro; and Emerging
Executive of the Year, Swami Kumaresan.
“We’d like to congratulate Carbonite
for being named a finalist in this
year’s awards program,” said Tom
Hopcroft, President and CEO of the Mass
Technology Leadership Council. “We
received more nominations than ever so
this year’s finalists are truly the
crème of the crop when it comes to
driving innovation and growth in our
sector.”
The Mass Technology Leadership Awards
are designed to shine a spotlight on the
companies, people, and technologies that
exemplify the best and the brightest in
the Massachusetts technology community.
Finalists were announced at a reception
last Wednesday and winners will be named
at a Gala Awards Banquet on November 3rd
at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. Details
at
http://www.masstlc.org/2010awards.html.
“We’re honored to have Carbonite
named a finalist by the Mass Technology
Leadership Council for not one, but
three categories,” said David Friend,
CEO and co-founder of Carbonite “From
day one, the Carbonite mission has been
to provide a superior online backup
solution by attracting the highest
caliber talent we could find, so it is
particularly gratifying that the Mass
Technology Leadership Council has
recognized our brand, products and
leadership team.”
Carbonite launched its online backup
service in 2006 and has raised more than
$67 million in several rounds of venture
financing. The company has received
numerous accolades in 2010 including a
No. 9 overall and No. 1 in IT Services
Inc. 500 ranking and the Tech Awards
Circle Gold Award for consumer/small
office, home office (SOHO) service
category. Additionally, Carbonite was
selected as a finalist in the Red
Herring 100 North America list, and CEO
David Friend was named as the Ernst &
Young Entrepreneur of the Year winner
for New England in the Consumer and
Small Business Emerging Technology
category.
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
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