“Take a Drobo to Work”

Drobo, Inc. announces the Take a Drobo to Work promotion for IT professionals and their friends this holiday season.

Fans of Drobo products refer their IT friends to Drobo for a chance to win a Drobo Mini or 5D, storage arrays for creating and working with large amounts of rich media.

To enter the contest, refer at least one IT friend to learn more about Drobo technology by attending a live demo.

For participating in the demo, both you and the friend will receive an Amazon e-gift card. If the friend buys a Drobo B1200i iSCSI SAN storage solution for their IT environment before midnight on Dec. 31, the referrer automatically wins a Drobo Mini or 5D. The promotion runs until the end of the year and it is open to everyone.

"Having been an IT manager, I know that seeing new technologies or solutions in action is the best way to learn about them and include them in an evolving IT architecture," said Mario Blandini, chief evangelist at Drobo. "Drobo has a cult-like following among creative professionals, and Take a Drobo to Work is another way of inviting more IT folks who do not yet know Drobo to experience how BeyondRAID technology can make storage easier and more affordable."

Through Dec. 31, the promotion is open to everyone and is full of holiday cheer with several different ways to win a Drobo Mini or 5D on top of Amazon.com cards all around. The Drobo Mini and 5D include Thunderbolt connectivity, USB 3.0, automated tiering that supports SSDs, enhanced reliability features and portability. The devices are designed to use high-performance SSDs with HDDs for capacity.

Drobo is for SMBs, or departments in larger organizations deploying server virtualization, email, data protection and file backup. The B800i and B1200i iSCSI SAN arrays integrate into a TCP/IP network infrastructure and utilize the iSCSI protocol to provide consolidated storage for your servers. The B800fs connects to an existing Ethernet network and supports both Windows and Mac computers.