"SwapDrive said today it is extending its Web-based data storage services to users of
RIM's BlackBerry wireless devices. Mobile users can now access, view and send files stored in their SwapDrive Backup
and FileShare accounts, according to the Washington, DC-based company."
Hosting Tech Magazine February 2002
Hope for the best, plan for the worst
Three lessons from 9/11
"David Steinberg, the chief executive officer for SwapDrive , a Washington-based
company that also provides automated data backup via the internet: 'We've seen a significant spike in interest and sales
of our innovative Internet-based online storage and backup services following the events of September 11th. Those
tragedies opened many eyes that you don't have to lose your PC to be stranded without your mission critical data.'"
Enterprise Storage Forum January 22, 2002
SwapDrive Adds Three Resellers to Partner Program
"SwapDrive, a provider of Web- based data storage, has added three solution providers
to its XSP@SwapDrive Partner Program: PROMENET Inc., headquartered in New York City; Shea Network Solutions of Ridgewood,
NJ; and Inet OnLine Services based in the Chicago Metropolitan area. The agreements call for each provider to resell
SwapDrive Backup, online data backup and recovery, to their corporate clients."
Potomac Tech Journal January 15, 2002
SwapDrive, Atlantech Online to partner
"In a deal involving two Potomac area companies, Internet service provider Atlantech Online will serve as a reseller
of computer backup products offered by SwapDrive.
The deal marks the seventh ISP that SwapDrive has signed, and is expected to yield the company about
$500,000 the first year, or about a tenth of its revenue, according to the company.
Under the agreement, the roughly 10,000 customers of Silver Spring, Md.-based Atlantech will be offered SwapDrive's service."
Washington Business Journal October 26, 2001
"... Now that the human toll of Sept. 11 has been counted, people like David Steinberg have begun to consider the technology losses.
"I was thinking: There could be 50,000 or 60,000 PCs and servers in that building," Steinberg says of the World Trade Center towers.
That's a frightening thought for someone like Steinberg, whose mission is to get businesses to save
data off-site. But unfortunately, industry statistics show that nearly 80 percent of mission-critical data is stored on
the PCs instead of servers outside the office. "
Potomac Tech Journal October 15, 2001
Costly data backup errors foster chaos
"Data loss can be devastating. Hardware failure, human error, software corruption, PC viruses, theft and destruction of PCs, all result in data losses that cost businesses an estimated $12 billion a year."
Potomac Tech Journal September 27, 2001
SwapDrive offers free data backup services
"Two private companies affected by the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11 have taken
advantage of an offer made by a Washington, DC company for free data backup services."
InfoWorld September 20, 2001
Data sharing's call to arms
"THE TERRORIST ATTACKS that occurred Sept. 11 have sparked a government wake-up
call for information sharing and data integration among disparate law enforcement systems.
...The main issue [the CIA] is dealing with is data overload," said Roland Schumann, now COO
of SwapDrive, a Washington IT company that offers secure off-site data storage to clients. "They're using a
thesaurus that tracks words that mean something to intelligence officers. It's not as easy as looking for the
words bomb, combustion, and explosion. The folks that we're dealing with are more sophisticated than that.
They will use euphemisms, and change them."
