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Datacatch Inc. is an international software company focused on
the management and security of removable media. The company builds solutions
that address the significant growing data archive, search, and retrieval
management needs of small to medium business owners and home offices. Removable
media includes removable hard drives, optical media discs such as
CDs, DVDs, HD-DVD,
Blu-ray, and USB keys. The
Datacatch head office is located in Palo Alto, California, USA, with a second
office based in Melbourne, Australia.
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Squeak! -
Animal Brands and Metaphors in the Storage Market
 Animal
marketing metaphors are popular in service industries, but you'd be surprised
how many companies have used animals in their marketing of data storage
products and services.
The storage market was worth over $150 billion
in 2005, and as it gets bigger - more companies will turn to animal brands to
help differentiate their otherwise bland products and lend them artificial
(or deserving) characters and virtues.
The idea behind this type of
marketing is to suggest positive connotations so it's unlikely that anyone will
choose to associate their products with gremlins. But you may be surprised by
the population of the storage ark.
This reference articles lists all
known companies who have furry marketing brands, and also includes some which
are slimy, scaly and scary too. ...read the article,
Mice in storage |
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