I caught up with a busy Rob Rae at the CompTIA ChannelCon event recently to ‘check-in” with Datto. It’s a well-known success story in the SMB IT Pro community, as its wunderkind Austin McCord now has the community shining his shoes. And he, along with Datto, have earned their success the old fashioned way: hard work.
“We’re a business continuity company that’s always innovating,” shared Rob Rae, long-time SMB channel veteran and VP of Business Development. “We’ve always been a hybrid solution with replication to the cloud.”
Here’s a bit of background about the company, for those of you not in the loop. The Datto product line is comprised of Datto SIRIS 2 (including Virtual SIRIS), Datto ALTO XL, Datto ALTO 2, and Datto NAS. Its solutions serve the needs of business of every size, with options ranging from 150GB to 100TB. Unique feature sets include instant local and off-site virtualization, Screenshot Backup Verification, Inverse Chain Technology, and End-to-End Encryption. Datto Partners sell the solutions into a wide range of vertical markets including: small business, healthcare, financial, education, banking, legal, manufacturing, retail, and municipal.
In only 7 years, the 28-year old CEO/founder Austin McChord has transformed the company from its humble beginnings in a basement to a global leader with Headquarters in his home state of Connecticut and offices around the world (Toronto, London and soon to open Rochester, NY). Datto has grown exponentially since launch in 2007, increasing its partner (customer) base to include more than 5,000 Partners across North America and Europe. The industry has recognized Datto with countless awards each year - even earning Inc 500 recognition two consecutive years (2012, 2013) as well as exclusive ranking as #1 in Backup & Security by Inc500. Last year, we celebrated numerous market firsts including $50million in revenue after reaching $6million in 2010 ... as well as, many other wonderful milestones. Today Datto has 300 employees and is heading to 400+ rapidly. It’s opened a new facility in Rochester NY.
Interestingly, Datto was one of the fastest growing company in Connecticut and a Ten Best Employer as named by by ComputerWorld.
Update: Datto has just announced that it has been named to the 2014 Inc 500 List for the third year in a row!
