OuterBay
OuterBay Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of information
lifecycle management (ILM) solutions for applications and databases, helps
customers monitor, forecast and manage data growth in enterprise application
environments. Setting the standard for information lifecycle management,
OuterBay's ADM Suite allows users to move data between storage tiers based on
its current value to the business, and maintain open access to archived data
across applications, platforms and storage media. As a result, OuterBay both
improves enterprise application performance and reduces total cost of ownership.
OuterBay is headquartered in Cupertino, California, with offices in the United
States, Europe, Asia and Australia. OuterBay has over 150 customers. For more
information, contact OuterBay at http://www.outerbay.com/ or 408.340.1200.
- February 7, 2006 -
HP has signed a definitive
agreement to acquire
OuterBay
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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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