Data Robotics to Showcase Drobo(TM), The World's First Storage Robot at AlwaysOn Summit.First Alternative to RAID Storage Technology Receives Additional Critical Acclaim STANFORD, Calif. -- Data Robotics robotics, science and technology of general purpose, programmable machine systems. Contrary to the popular fiction image of robots as ambulatory machines of human appearance capable of performing almost any task, most robotic systems are anchored to fixed positions announced today it has been selected to participate at this week's AlwaysOn Stanford Summit. The company will demonstrate Drobo, its revolutionary new storage robot today at 1:45pm during the CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Showcase portion of the prestigious industry event. Drobo is the first fully automated storage robot designed to ensure that data is always protected, storage capacity is unlimited and it is exceptionally easy to expand. Drobo limits the amount of human interaction required and includes some of the most advanced automated features available, including self-monitoring, self-healing and an easy-to-understand visual status and alert panel. Drobo frees consumers and small businesses from the time-consuming chore of storage management, enabling them to focus more of their time on personal or professional interests. Data Robotics' sophisticated technology utilizes the principles of storage virtualization Treating storage as a single logical entity without regard to the hierarchy of physical media that may be involved or that may change. It enables the applications to read from and write to a single pool of storage rather then individual disks, tapes and optical devices. combined with the ideals of cybernetics cybernetics [Gr.,=steersman], term coined by American mathematician Norbert Wiener to refer to the general analysis of control systems and communication systems in living organisms and machines. to deliver the first alternative to RAID. This unique combination provides a best-in-class user experience for mass-storage devices In early computers, magnetic tape was the mass storage device of choice, offering essentially unlimited storage of data cheaply but with significant data recovery times, as it generally required a computer operator to recover the relevant reel from a tape store. , especially in terms of initial set-up, autonomous data protection and future capacity expansion. "We've entered the terabyte One trillion bytes. Also TB, Tbyte and T-byte. See tera and space/time. (unit) terabyte - 2^40 = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes = 1024 gigabytes or roughly 10^12 bytes. (Note the spelling - one 'r'). See prefix. era and non-technical users are facing the daunting daunt tr.v. daunt·ed, daunt·ing, daunts To abate the courage of; discourage. See Synonyms at dismay. [Middle English daunten, from Old French danter, from Latin challenge of managing storage capacities equivalent to those in large businesses. People are struggling with managing and protecting data across multiple external hard drives or complex enterprise storage technologies like RAID," said Data Robotics CEO Geoff Barrall. "Drobo eliminates that storage management nightmare. Just plug it in, feed it with drives, and use it just like you would any external hard drive. Drobo is designed to anticipate much of what can go wrong with digital storage and automatically monitors and repairs problems that put data at risk." Critical Acclaim Since Drobo's official launch in June, the product has received critical acclaim from leading industry publications, noted bloggers, analysts, photographers and digital media enthusiasts. In June, Drobo was recognized with prestigious Editors' Choice awards from both CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. and PC Magazine, while Data Robotics was named as one of the "Most Promising New Companies" at the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs' "Launch: Silicon Valley 2007." The AlwaysOn Stanford Summit is a two-and-a-half-day executive gathering that highlights the significant economic, political and commercial trends affecting the global technology industries. The goal of the summit is to identify the most promising entrepreneurial opportunities and investments in the global technology industry. The Stanford Summit features the most innovative companies, eminent technologists, influential investors and journalists in keynote presentations, panel debates and private company CEO showcases. About Data Robotics, Inc. Data Robotics, Inc. develops automated data storage technologies and products for consumers and small businesses to take the pain out of making their data accessible forever. The company was founded in 2004 by an experienced team with data automation, storage virtualization and enterprise storage technology experience. Data Robotics is privately held and is backed by Greylock Ventures, Sutter Hill Ventures and RRE RRE Red Rock Eater (News Service) RRE Road Race Engineering RRE Remote Roof Easy RRE Residential Real Estate RRE Rise-And-Run-Length Encoding RRE Royal Radar Establishment (Great Britain) Ventures. The company is located in Mountain View, CA. Company Web site: http://www.drobo.com. About AlwaysOn About AlwaysOn: AlwaysOn ignited ig·nite v. ig·nit·ed, ig·nit·ing, ig·nites v.tr. 1. a. To cause to burn. b. To set fire to. 2. To subject to great heat, especially to make luminous by heat. the open-media revolution in early 2003 by being the first media brand to launch a community blog network (1) An organization that hires people to write blogs. It sells advertising and owns the blogs. Examples of such commercial blog networks are www.engadget.com and www.b5media.com. See blog. (2) An organization that serves as an advertiser intermediary for bloggers. . In 2004, AlwaysOn continued to lead the industry in innovation by engaging its bloggers in a social network. AlwaysOn is also revolutionizing the media business by applying its open-media principles to its executive event series (Stanford Summit, AlwaysOn Hollywood, AlwaysOn Media and GoingGreen) and quarterly print "blogozine." No other media brand has dared to create such open interaction with its readers and event participants. The Stanford Summit is one of four summits being held by AlwaysOn in 2007. (For details on Data Robotics' appearance and other AlwaysOn summits please visit: http://alwayson.goingon.com/homepage.) |
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