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Drobo – Send your IT friend on a Valentine’s date with Drobo and win a free 5N!

Drobo and business: a match made in heaven. But does your IT friend know that Drobo’s business line can do wonders for their storage?  From now until February 14, when you refer your friend in IT to one of our Business Live Demos, you’ll be entered to win a FREE Drobo 5N!

drobo valentine1 300x158 Drobo   Send your IT friend on a Valentine’s date with Drobo and win a free 5N!

Drobo Contest Steps:

1. Go to our Facebook tab and fill out the short form. Your friend in IT (at your company, or any company) will automatically get an email with links for joining any of the four regular Live Demos that run every day M-F.

2. Upon submitting the form, you will be entered to win one of our brand new Drobo 5N products (a $599 value).

3. At 2 p.m. CST on February 14, the winner will be announced on Drobo’s Facebook page. It’s that easy!

It may not be a rose but it sure Is nice!

The Drobo 5N is the latest in the Drobo family and provides users a flexible, easy to use way to store and protect important files, pictures, music, and more. While it is a tiny little box, it packs some real power, and is great for all of the Macs and PCs in your home or home office. With five drive bays and Drobo’s BeyondRAID Technology, the Drobo 5N not only can store a lot of data but also be upgraded easily when you need even more. To keep your data safe the Drobo 5N features a backup battery, ensuring that even if there is an outage your data is safe.  Your data is important, so you need one of these at home.

For your friends in IT, Drobo’s business products—the B1200i, B800i, and B800fs—offer a level of customizability, flexibility, ease of use, and protection unseen elsewhere. Once one of your IT friends adds one of these mighty machines to their company’s arsenal, they’ll wonder how they ever went without one. A great way to find out more about Drobo’s innovative and unparalleled products is to request a Drobo live demo here. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+.

Drobo CONTEST RULES

Sponsor: Drobo

PrizesDrobo 5N (Retail value: $599) awarded once on 2/14/2013. This product includes a Drobo 5N, 6 ft (1.8 m) Ethernet cable, 6 ft (1.8 m) power cord with power supply, Quick Start Card.

Eligibility: The contest is open to all legal residents of the United States of America 18 years or older. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.  Employees of Drobo and their immediate family members and individuals living in the same household as employees are ineligible.  All winners may be requested to sign an Affidavit and Release to claim a prize at the request of the Sponsor.  This contest is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations. By participating in this contest, entrants agree to these official contest rules. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW.

Contest Period: The contest runs from February 1, 2013 until February 14, 2013. Entries must be received by 2 p.m. CST, on the last day of the contest period to be eligible to win.  Prize winners will be notified by an announcement on the Drobo Facebook Page (http://www.facebook.com/Drobo) and by tweets through the Drobo Twitter account (twitter.com/drobo). Prize winners will then be given 7 days to send complete delivery information. (Which must include, but may not be limited to, first and last name, mailing address capable of receiving prize from shipping carrier Drobo so chooses- no P.O. boxes, city, state, and ZIP code.)

Entry: Participants may enter the contest by fully completing the entry form displayed on the Facebook Page Tab. (http://www.facebook.com/Drobo) There is an entry limit of one unique entry per participant.  To be eligible to win a prize, participants must complete all fields of the entry form and successfully submit the entry.  All complete entries, which contain  IT Referral’s Name, Company, and Business Email Address and the Participant’s Name, Company, and Email Address, will be entered into a random drawing from which the contest winner will be selected.  Any attempt by any participant to undermine the legitimate operation of the contest, will void all entries by such party.  The Sponsor shall not be liable for entries that are not received.  Entry forms will be ineligible if the entry information is not complete and accurate.

General Considerations: If the Drobo 5N cannot be delivered to the winner, due to his or her location, or by any prohibition of the selected prize under state, county or city code or ordinance, then the awarding of the prize shall be null and void.  No monetary or other prize award shall be made in lieu of the Sponsor being unable to transfer any prizes.  No substitutions, cash equivalents, or transfers of the prize are permitted. Winners are responsible for the payment of all applicable taxes and transfer fees.  Entry constitutes permission to use the winner’s name (first name, initial and last name, city, state) on the Sponsor’s websites or otherwise, and in any statements about the contest for publication purposes without any additional compensation.

Privacy: Other then as provided herein, Sponsor will utilize the names, e-mail addresses and/or mailing address of entries to notify the participant if they are a winner of the contest and to award the prize.   Sponsor reserve all rights, in Sponsor’s sole discretion, to use all information for promotional purposes in the future.  See Drobo Privacy Policy @ http://www.drobo.com/website/privacy-policy.php.

Limitation of Liability: Sponsor is not responsible for printing or typographical errors in any contest-related materials; stolen, lost, late, misdirected, damaged, incomplete, or illegible entries; any use or misuse of the prize; or transactions that are processed late or incorrectly or are lost due to computer or electronic malfunction.  Sponsor reserves the right to cancel or modify the contest if fraud or technical failures compromise the integrity of contest as determined by the Sponsor in their sole discretion.

Disputes:  All disputes arising out of the contest shall be resolved only in the federal and state courts of Santa Clara, CA, USA and all participants waive any rights or objections to the jurisdiction or venue of such courts.

Fast, networked, Drobo.

blog tbuiocchi e1332538899728 Fast, networked, Drobo.Fast, networked Drobo. Yes, all three words in the same sentence.  All the good stuff of a Drobo in a fast, ultra-modern networked storage solution – the new Drobo 5N is the third member in our new family of vastly improved Drobos – the Mini, the 5D, and now the 5N support higher performance, SSD technology, and even more sophisticated data protection.

This is a very exciting time for us. You’ve been very vocal (and patient, thanks) about having us take all of our Drobos up a notch or two and our team has been manically focused on this.  I know you’ll appreciate the results!

Thanks again – a lot of the details are in our press release today and there’s even more about the Drobo 5N on our website  But please feel free to write (tom@drobo.com) or call (408-276-8621 or 866.997.6268) if you have any additional questions at all.

Best regards to you all and I hope you are all planning for a great holiday season!

Tom

The first Drobo Users Meetup starting in Silicon Valley

blog mblandini logo The first Drobo Users Meetup starting in Silicon ValleyI’ve always loved users groups focused on a particular technology.Considered the original user group, I used to attend SHARE* conferences before coming to Drobo. These days, my wife, daughter, and I belong to a local east bay meetup group not for computer technology but for dachshunds (our two mini’s participate too). Based on my experience, I believe that users groups only work if they are lead by real users with an agenda built around the experiences of group members.

The great news is that a real user has volunteered to kick off the first Drobo Users Group here in Silicon Valley. John Reinert of ReelGood Pictures and his colleague Brook Dain of the San Jose Police Department will be leading and presenting at the inaugural Drobo Users Meetup on Wednesday December 12.  The fun and informative agenda includes:

  • 11-11:30 – John and Brook sharing their experiences test driving the new Drobo 5D and Mini Thunderbolt products in their workflow, plus other findings from John’s REDucation class that will take place12/3 to 12/7
  • 11:30-11:45 – The new Drobo 5N will be on display; volunteers will race to see who can set it up their NAS device first and win a Drobo polo shirt prize in the “NAS Challenge.”
  • 11:45-1PM – Lunch and socializing; as the event is being held @ Drobo HQ, there will also be an “expert bar” so that you can ask questions and get more demos of the latest Drobo products.

Come hang out with other users who have Drobo as part of their creative workflow and enjoy the HoneyBaked Ham holiday lunch as part of the festivities. Full information and registration for the meetup is available @ http://drobouserssv.eventbrite.com.

Net = It’s a pleasure for Drobo to support user groups. If you don’t live near Silicon Valley, but want to lead a Drobo users group of your own in your area, just let me know and we can discuss providing a kit to support your meetup event. It could be a great way for you to get a Thunderbolt Drobo to test and share your experiences with your group.

* SHARE Inc. is an independent, volunteer run association providing enterprise technology professionals with continuous education and training, valuable professional networking and effective industry influence.

Talk live to Mario and other Drobo experts @ http://www.drobo.com/live or e-mail mario@drobo.com

Sometimes the best secret is no secret

blog tbuiocchi e1332538899728 Sometimes the best secret is no secretOK, yes, you guessed it – you already know, don’t you? You found the breadcrumbs, you saw it in Drobo Dashboard, and you connected the dots. Yup, you’re right.

We have another fast new Drobo: Drobo 5N (next-generation Drobo FS) coming soon to a home or small business network near you.

Yes, it leverages all of the cool new architecture and capabilities under the hood in the new Drobo 5D and Mini, including SSD support, with an Ethernet port to connect to your network rather than Thunderbolt and USB. That’s all I’m saying right now.Continue Reading