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5 November 2010, Carbonite.com Press Release
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BOSTON, November 5, 2010 — Carbonite
Inc., a leading provider of online
backup, was selected as the Private
Company of the Year by Massachusetts
Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC).
Carbonite was honored with this
achievement at the Council's 13th annual
Awards Gala Nov. 3 at Boston's Seaport
Hotel.
"Our team is flattered to be named
the 2010 MassTLC Private Company of the
Year," said David Friend, co-founder and
CEO of Carbonite. "We're honored to have
been selected from such an accomplished
group of nominees. Our whole team is
proud of this accomplishment and we all
look forward to driving the technology
revolution in Massachusetts."
Close to 500 senior executives filled
the waterfront hotel's ballroom for the
event, which this year showcased the
state's evolving technology landscape,
as energy and robotics companies joined
more traditional categories such as
software and network communications in
the winners' circle.
"We're honored to be able to give
this award to Carbonite," said Tom
Hopcroft, President and CEO of MassTLC.
"Carbonite's innovative technology and
market leadership is testimony to the
vibrancy we find across the industry as
the tech sector continues to lead the
state's economy out of the recession."
MassTLC also bestowed special honors
on four individuals for their special
leadership in the Massachusetts
technology community. Those awardees
were:
Commonwealth Award Winner:
Dr. George Hatsopoulos, entrepreneur,
educator and founder of Thermo Electron
Policy Leader of the Year:
Greg Bialecki, Secretary of Housing and
Economic Development for the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Workforce Development Leader:
Dr. Jack Wilson, President of the
University of Massachusetts
Innovation Catalyst:
Tim Rowe, CEO of the Cambridge
Innovation Center
Additional winners last night
include:
CEO of the Year, Private
Company: Christina
Lampe-Onnerud, Boston Power
CEO of the Year, Public Company:
Paul Sagan, Akamai
CIO of the Year: Jay
Leader, iRobot & Bill Fandrich BlueCross
Blue Shield
Public Company of the Year:
Acme Packet
Deal of the Year: A123
Non C-Level Emerging Executive
of the Year: Robert Connors,
Raytheon
Product of the Year:
Aurora Flight Services
A committee of Council Trustees,
local thought-leaders and media were
involved with the selection process for
the nominees and, in most cases, chose
the winners in each category (Product of
the Year was chosen by the audience
members in a live vote during the
ceremony). For a full list of nominees
in each category, go to
http://www.masstlc.org/2010awardsfinalists.html
and event photos are available at
http://bit.ly/cFh5SF. The awards
program was sponsored by Microsoft,
Nokia, Oracle, PricewaterhouseCoopers,
Ropes & Gray, Silicon Valley Bank,
Fidelity and Raytheon.
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.
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