In a previous post, Dave mentioned that the Boston Business Journal named Carbonite one of the top 60 companies to work for in Massachusetts. At an awards breakfast on Friday morning, the 60 companies were ranked in three categories, and I'm happy to announce that Carbonite was ranked No. 6 in the midsize category. Carbonite was one of 440 companies considered for this highly-coveted recognition.

The honor highlights Carbonite's achievements in creating a positive work environment that attracts and retains employees through a combination of employee satisfaction, working conditions and company culture. Carbonite's entire workforce was surveyed on these attributes throughout the spring and the results were analyzed and scored to rank the best and brightest places of employment throughout the Boston region.

We've had fantastic journey throughout the first half of the year with our Carbonite Pro and iPhone and BlackBerry smartphone app launches, and we appreciate the contributions and dedication from every employee here at Carbonite. We're proud of the team's accomplishments and are delighted our hard work is recognized through the positive environment we've established at Carbonite. Congratulations to all of the Best Places to Work recipients featured in the June 11 edition of the Boston Business Journal!

— Alison

The Boston Business Journal recently released this year's list of the best places to work. And I'm happy to announce that Carbonite made the list! There were over 400 companies nominated for this honor and the list of the top 60 companies was determined based partly on employee surveys. Carbonite and the other 19 midsized companies will be ranked in order and then honored at a breakfast event on June 11th at the Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center.

I can't tell you how pleased I am that Carbonite has received this honor. There are a lot of smart, hard-working and innovative people who have helped make Carbonite a tremendous success. Our rapid growth as a company has challenged our employees and given them opportunities to do things they've never done before. They've risen to the occasion time and time again and I am very proud of the things they've accomplished. It feels good to know that they enjoy working for Carbonite and take pride in this company. Every employee we have contributes to making Carbonite one of the best places to work in Boston.

— Dave
CEO, Carbonite

I ran across this blog post last week:

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My heart goes out to local music composer Roslyn Catracchia. Thieves broke into her Aina Haina home the other day and stole, among other things, two computers and a backup drive containing her life's work of of musical scores and musicals. That includes the musical score for stage production of "The Princess and the Iso Peanut," which will be running at the Hawaii Theatre this month… if Catracchia had backed up her computer using Carbonite, resurrection of the last files would be a simple download to a new computer.

This reminds me of a similar incident a few years ago involving film director Francis Ford Coppola — someone broke into his house and stole his computer and backup hard drive and he lost 15 years of photos, screenplays, and writing. This sort of thing happens all the time. Lenovo published a report a few years ago that suggested that almost 10% of laptops eventually get stolen or lost.

— Dave
CEO, Carbonite

Bill Blinn of TechByter Worldwide interviewed our CEO, Dave Friend, for the November 15, 2009 TechByter podcast.

As a Carbonite fan, Blinn discussed his confidence in our online backup service as he introduce this week’s TechByter podcast, "The real safety net, and it's one that has saved me more times than I like to admit, is Carbonite. It's easy to make a dumb mistake that deletes files I need. I can get them back from my hot backup or from my Acronis backup. But more often than not, I've recovered them from my Carbonite backup."

Dave's interview can be found on www.TechByter.com in two parts:

Listen to Part 1 (Audio 5:07)

Listen to Part 2 (Audio 1:13)

— Alison

We just got another 5-star review, this one in IT Reviewed, an important online magazine for IT professionals and technorati. We really appreciate it when reviewers ask a lot of questions and do their homework. This writer, Chris Harris, really appreciated our ease-of-use.

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If you've decided to use an online backup service, Carbonite is the best in the business. There are many positive points that the service provides including ease of use, the security of off-site storage, and low cost. There's no better online solution than Carbonite. Its hand-holding approach and close integration with Windows makes it accessible to all.

To read the entire review, click here

— Dave
CEO, Carbonite