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Akamba

Akamba Corporation was founded by Jack Smith, co-founder and CTO of Hotmail Corporation and Richard Burright, Hotmail Director of Operations. Akamba develops server-side appliance products designed to expand Web server capacity and traffic management optimization by improving the effectiveness of connection management. The company's Velobahn Appliance-On-A-Card simplifies Web site architecture and provides the basis for true scalability. More information is available from Akamba by telephone toll free 866.225.2622, by e-mail at info@akamba.com, or at www.akamba.com.

  • Editor's note. This company has apparently ceased operation.
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Squeak! - Animal Brands and Metaphors in the Storage Market
Squeak! - Animal Brands and Metaphors in the Storage Market
Animal marketing metaphors are popular in service industries, but you'd be surprised how many companies have used animals in their marketing of data storage products and services.

The storage market was worth over $150 billion in 2005, and as it gets bigger - more companies will turn to animal brands to help differentiate their otherwise bland products and lend them artificial (or deserving) characters and virtues.

The idea behind this type of marketing is to suggest positive connotations so it's unlikely that anyone will choose to associate their products with gremlins. But you may be surprised by the population of the storage ark.

This reference articles lists all known companies who have furry marketing brands, and also includes some which are slimy, scaly and scary too. ...read the article, Mice in storage

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