SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - March 4, 2009) - Data Robotics, Inc. announced it closed an
extraordinary year in terms of growth and industry acclaim for its
award-winning
Drobo storage products, with record 2008 sales and over 60,000 units
being sold worldwide to date. Through a channel network of more than 1,000
partners worldwide, Data Robotics increased product awareness and
penetrated new markets including small office/remote office, state/local
government, and education.
The ability to
dynamically expand the total storage capacity of a Drobo by simply adding
additional drives is essential for simple growth and lowest cost of
ownership over time. A recent survey of the Data Robotics installed base
identified that on average, customer's purchase three hard drives for every
Drobo, and that each Drobo holds approximately 2.6TB of data. Cumulatively,
Drobo customers have consumed over 127 Petabytes of storage (127,000
Terabytes). As a group, Drobo owners are among the largest purchasers of
high capacity disk drives in the market.
"Each year that passes brings with it data growth across all market
segments -- from enterprise organizations to consumers," said Brian
Babineau, Senior Analyst, Enterprise Strategy Group. "This escalation in
information leads to immeasurable demand for primary storage and protection
solutions that can scale and are easy to use. Because their products
include enterprise-class features that are easily implemented, maintainable
and upgradeable, Data Robotics is uniquely positioned to meet the storage
needs of a wide variety of consumers and SMBs. Their broad-based appeal
manifested itself in the company's enormous and unprecedented growth."
Data Robotics received notable
awards and
recognition for Drobo in 2008, including:
-- PC World 100 Best Products of 2008
-- Fast Company Fast 50 Reader Favorites
-- 2008 Cool Vendor by Gartner
-- Over 25 "best of" awards
"During the past year Data Robotics experienced tremendous industry
recognition, forged strong channel partnerships and addressed a critical
need for customers looking for simple, customizable storage solutions.
These factors have fueled our growth and helped us establish market
leadership," said Dr. Geoff Barrall, CEO, Data Robotics. "Our outlook for
2009 remains strong as we continue to focus on customer satisfaction and
deliver unique products to address new markets. We will continue to build
out our global market presence by remaining true to our customers' core
storage needs: simplicity, advanced data protection, affordability, and
scalability."
About Data Robotics
Data Robotics offers
Drobo, an award-winning external storage system that takes a step beyond
traditional data storage options by adding a layer of intelligence and
configurability to simplify operations and enable customers to easily
expand storage capacity as the user's data collection grows over time.
Drobo can be augmented by
DroboShare, a companion product that allows Drobo to be safely accessed and shared
over a network. In tandem, these products provide a fully automated and
expandable networked storage solution for sharing data -- including a
self-monitoring, self-healing, easy-to-understand visual status and alert
panel. For more information visit Data Robotics at
http://www.datarobotics.com.
Contact Information: Contact:
Nadine Hopps
Director of Marketing