Name Change from Data Robotics Reflects Strong Recognition of Drobo Brand and Products; Drobo Also Announces Move to New, Larger Corporate Headquarters
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - July 18, 2011 - Drobo, makers of the award-winning data storage products for businesses and professionals, today announced that the company has officially approved a name change from Data Robotics, Inc. to Drobo, Inc.
"Our customers and resellers have come to recognize us by the Drobo brand and product name so we decided to make it official," explained Tom Buiocchi, CEO at Drobo. "We're just doing what they told us to do."
The company also announced today a move to, larger corporate headquarters at 2460 North First Street in San Jose, California, a space formerly occupied by F5 Networks, Inc.
Drobo, Inc., formerly Data Robotics, Inc., was founded in 2004 and is privately held. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California.
About Drobo
Drobo makes award-winning data storage products for Small and Medium Businesses and Individual professionals that provide an unprecedented combination of sophisticated data protection and management features, affordable capacity, and ease-of-use. Based on the patented and proven BeyondRAID™ technology, Drobo's ability to deliver "Big Storage in a Small Box" creates the best storage experience ever for small and medium businesses and hundreds of thousands of individual professionals worldwide, who use it to support their file backup and media archiving, server virtualization, and email application needs. To learn more, visit http://www.drobo.com or follow us on Twitter @drobo.