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Driveway Surpasses Six Million Registered Member Mark; Solidifies Top Position in Online Storage Market; Leading Online Storage Service Continues to Earn Widespread Market Acceptance.


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SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 2, 2000

Driveway surpassed the six million registered member mark this month for its driveway.com service, further solidifying so·lid·i·fy  
v. so·lid·i·fied, so·lid·i·fy·ing, so·lid·i·fies

v.tr.
1. To make solid, compact, or hard.

2. To make strong or united.

v.intr.
 the company's position as the leading personal online storage provider.

Since driveway.com's launch in October 1999, the service has experienced a growth rate of more than 20,000 registered members per day.

"Driveway's membership is growing exponentially ex·po·nen·tial  
adj.
1. Of or relating to an exponent.

2. Mathematics
a. Containing, involving, or expressed as an exponent.

b.
 in large part due to the increasing awareness among business professionals of the benefits our service offers," Chris Logan, chief executive officer, Driveway, said. "Strong word of mouth from our users who demand file management capabilities, as opposed to just storage, has been terrific validation See validate.

validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements.
 of our service."

The Internet's first "Smart Drive," driveway.com provides customers with a new, easy-to-use interface, personalized per·son·al·ize  
tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es
1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner.

2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify.
 searchable file folders, at-a-glance activity reporting, Web page clipping (1) Cutting off the outer edges or boundaries of a word, signal or image. In rendering an image, clipping removes any objects or portions thereof that are not visible on screen. See scissoring. See also WCA.  and sharing tools, for two-way collaboration Working together on a project. See collaborative software.  and by category.

Driveway's commitment to a partner-oriented approach has contributed to the rapid growth, signing up and delivering close integration with partners including Microsoft and Lycos, as well as popular application-specific Web sites, such as LapLink.com.

About Driveway

San Francisco-based Driveway pioneered and is today an industry leader in Internet-based file storage. Through driveway.com, the company offers its members a reliable way to access, store and share digital information from any Web-enabled computer. For additional information, visit Driveway at www.driveway.com.

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