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ioSafe is a manufacturer of disaster protected hard drives. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Auburn, California. ioSafe's storage systems are optimized for heat from fire and complete submersion in fresh or saltwater with the ability to recover data located on the disk drive inside.
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[edit] History
ioSafe, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 by the primary inventor and CEO, Robb Moore. In response to independent research regarding data loss and catastrophic business loss from fire, flood and other natural disasters their first product (released in 2005) was the ioSafe S1, the first external hard drive to have both fire and flood protection. The ioSafe S1 hard drive was later redesigned and re-released in a dual drive RAID configuration called the S2.[1]
In 2006 in response to enterprise business demand for a fire and flood resistant network storage, the ioSafe R4 was introduced. Shortly after this NAS appliance entered production, ioSafe was granted and published patents in May 2007 for their FloSafe (fireproof) and HydroSafe (waterproof) technology.
July 2008 brought forth the world’s first disaster protected internal hard drive with the 3.5 Pilot and 3.5 Squadron drives.[2] These 3.5” form factor disk drives are used in computers, desktops and servers which allow improved disaster recovery and less risk of data loss. Partnered with global leader Fujitsu, the 3.5 inch form factor hard drive from ioSafe has allowed for more applications of the ioSafe technology to improve data recovery and reduce risk from disaster.
[edit] Timetable of Notable Events
- 2004 — ioSafe builds industry's first fire and flood protected external hard drive.
- 2005 — ioSafe incorporates in the State of California.
- April 2006 — Awarded Golden Mousetrap Award by Design News magazine.
- November 2006 — First to engineer and market a Network Attached Storage system with shock-protection, fire protection and water submersion protection, ioSafe R4.
- May 2007 — Patents granted and published for protecting active electronic devices inside a fire safe.
- November 2007 — Patents granted and published for protecting active electronics from water
- July 2008 — First to engineer and market a 3.5” internal hard drive with integrated disaster protection.
- January 2009 — First to market a 1.5 TB disaster protected external hard drive, ioSafe Solo.
- January 2010— First to market a disaster protected external solid state drive, ioSafe Solo SSD.
[edit] Independent Research
According to research by the University of Texas, only 6 percent of companies suffering from a catastrophic data loss survive, while 43 percent never reopen and 51 percent close within two years.
Gartner estimates that only 35 percent of SMBs have a comprehensive disaster recovery plan in place.
IDC estimates that companies lose an average of $84,000 for every hour of downtime.
[edit] Competitors
- Sentry Safe
- VaultStor
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- ioSafe Hard Drive website
- Hard DriveChannel
- ASTM E119 Fire Testing Standard
- Fujitsu News Release
- Western Fire Center, Independent Test Facility
- PC Magazine Discussion
- CNET News
