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Drobo Ships 200,000th System
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on Fri, December 23rd, 2011
Including B1200i to hundreds of new customers
Drobo, Inc. announced that its customers have now deployed over 200,000 Drobo storage systems, and that its new Drobo B1200i has garnered both industry awards and new customer momentum.
The company also announced that-for the first time and buoyed by the new B1200i - over half of its revenue is attributed to Drobo products designed specifically for business.
"I'd really like to thank our customers and partners," said Tom Buiocchi, CEO at Drobo. "We are poised to enter 2012 as a vastly improved and transformed company with over half our revenue from business products, exciting new data tiering technology, a breakthrough new platform in the B1200i and fantastic new partnerships."
Recent achievements and milestones include:
The company also announced that-for the first time and buoyed by the new B1200i - over half of its revenue is attributed to Drobo products designed specifically for business.
"I'd really like to thank our customers and partners," said Tom Buiocchi, CEO at Drobo. "We are poised to enter 2012 as a vastly improved and transformed company with over half our revenue from business products, exciting new data tiering technology, a breakthrough new platform in the B1200i and fantastic new partnerships."
Recent achievements and milestones include:
- Introduction of the Drobo B1200i. The 12-drive iSCSI SAN array builds on Drobo's 'Small Box, Big Storage' approach, delivering a combination of automation, affordability and application awareness for the SMB market. The company has secured hundreds of new B1200i customers in manufacturing, government, entertainment, financial and education markets.
- Product Award Wins. The B1200i also has earned industry recognition, winning several industry awards including: Gold Medal Winner for SMB Hardware in the Tech Awards Circle Best of Tech 2011 and Silver Medal for Best Storage Hardware in the 2011 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best Awards. In addition, the Drobo B800i recently won a CRN 2011 Tech Innovator Award in the Storage category.
- Customer Growth. Drobo's 200,000th system sold represents a milestone.
- New Strategic Partnerships. In the second half of 2011, Drobo has strengthened its position in cloud storage, virtualization and digital media via recently announced partnerships with Carbonite, Veeam and PogoPlug, respectively.
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