Atrieva Changes Name to Driveway Reflecting Company's Increased Consumer Focus.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 1999-- Online File Storage Pioneer Commits to End User Marketplace Following Strong Early Adoption of New Service Announcing its objective to be the unrivaled leader in personal online storage, Atrieva Corp. has changed the company's name to Driveway Corp., reflecting the popularity of its new consumer file storage service, Driveway. Last month, after releasing its new personal Internet-based file storage service, Driveway membership surpassed the one-million mark. "The technical community has long recognized Atrieva's success as the leading provider of secure, online file backup," Chris CHRIS Chemical Hazards Response Information System (US DoD) CHRIS California Historical Resources Information System CHRIS Computerized Human Resources Information System CHRIS Command Human Resources Intelligence System Logan, chief executive officer, Driveway, said. "Now that web-based applications See Web application. are becoming mainstream, we've responded quickly with a service that addresses growing end user needs. Adopting Driveway as our company name was a logical step to build our consumer brand as we enter this evolving marketplace." Driveway has established more than 40 strategic partnerships including Microsoft, Netscape, Bell South and the most recent addition, USA.net. Logan said the company will continue to seek relationships that further Driveway's vision to offer value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. to the increasing number of at work and home Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f . "We are committed to lead the way in personal online storage. The name change supports our marketing efforts by bringing clarity to our objective," added Logan. The free HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. browser-based service equips members with up to 100 megabytes of secure, personal space on the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the for saving and accessing files, including business presentations, spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software Online spreadsheets
About Driveway San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden based Driveway Corporation is a leader in personal Internet file storage management. Through its Driveway service, the company offers more than 1.25 million members a reliable way to access, store and share digital information from any web-enabled computer. Formerly known as Atrieva Corporation, the company pioneered Internet-based file storage and has established relationships with more than 40 strategic partners. Driveway Corp. investors include VantagePoint Venture Partners and Battery Venture Partners, as well as a number of private investors. For additional information, please visit Driveway at www.driveway.com. Driveway is a registered trademark of Driveway Corp. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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