28 Oct 2008

October 28, 2008

BOSTON, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ — Mass High Tech, The Journal of New England Technology, has named Carbonite CEO David Friend to its list of 2008 All-Stars. Now in its 13th annual awards program, the Mass High Tech All-Stars award recognizes the region’s leaders in New England’s innovation economy.

Friend is the co-founder, CEO and chairman of Boston-based Carbonite, the leading provider of online backup services to consumers and small businesses. He was one of more than 200 people nominated for consideration, and selected as the top candidate in the Internet sector.

“I am delighted to be honored by Mass High Tech,” said Friend. “However, I owe much of my success to my brilliant CTO and co-founder, Jeff Flowers, who created the world’s simplest online backup service. Everyone who uses Carbonite loves it.”

Carbonite offers consumers and small businesses unlimited online backup for a flat price. After an easy installation, the application automatically backs up irreplaceable files and folders ensuring that photos, emails, music, financial records and other important documents are stored securely in an offsite location. File recovery is hassle-free and takes only a few clicks.

“The Mass High Tech All-Stars event is the technology industry’s premier event in New England, and we’re thrilled to have David Friend be a part of our celebration,” said Douglas Banks, editor of Mass High Tech. “This year’s group illustrates once again why New England is a world leader in technology and innovation.”

The honorees will be profiled in a special supplement in the October 31, 2008 edition of Mass High Tech.

An awards celebration and networking reception will be held on October 30, 2008 at The Charles Hotel in Cambridge, MA. Additional event information can be found online here: http://masshightech.bizjournals.com/masshightech/event/4637.

“MHT has once again recognized some of the region’s best and brightest,” said Michael Olivieri, Publisher of Mass High Tech. “The core of New England’s technology sector gets stronger each year, and we’ll proudly continue to honor this progress.”

The 2008 All-Stars include:

Distinguished Achievement Award: Robert M. Metcalfe, General Partner, Polaris Venture Partners

Telecom: Justin Aborn, Chief Scientist, General Compression Inc.

Education: Abigail A. Barrow, Director, Massachusetts Technology Transfer Center, University of Massachusetts

Social Media: Chris Brogan, Vice President, Strategy and Technology, CrossTech Media

Legal: Karen F. Copenhaver, Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP

Hardware: Alexei Erchak, Founder and CTO, Luminus Devices Inc.

Community: Trish Fleming, Executive Director, MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge

Internet: David Friend, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Carbonite Inc.

Electronics: Peter L. Gammel, Chief Technical Officer and Vice President, Engineering, SiGe Semiconductor Inc.

Information Systems: Foster Hinshaw, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dataupia Corp.

Venture: Paul Maeder, General Partner, Highland Capital Partners LLC

Software: Michael Stonebraker, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder, Vertica Systems Inc.

Energy: Mitchell G. Tyson, Chief Executive Officer and Director, Advanced Electron Beams Inc.

Life Sciences: Susan Windham-Bannister, President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

About Carbonite
Carbonite launched its Online PCBackup(TM) service in May 2006. Carbonite’s industry-first offer of unlimited backup space for a flat low price revolutionized the market for consumer and small business backup services. So far the company has backed up more than 4 billion files, has restored more than 300 million lost files for its customers and has a large data center where capacity is measured in petabytes. There are Carbonite users in more than 120 countries.

Founded in 2005, Carbonite believes that computer users should not have to think about backup. The company’s mission is to provide an affordable, reliable, secure and easy-to-use solution for the mainstream computer user. Carbonite is available to consumers and small business through numerous channels, including its corporate Web site, major US retailers and international distributors. For more information, please visit www.carbonite.com or www.carbonite.com/blog.
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SOURCE: Carbonite