Fabrik Inc.
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| Type of business | Subsidiary of Hitachi |
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| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California, United States |
| Key people | Keyur Patel, Chairman Mike Cordano, CEO |
| Industry | External hard disk drive, backup and content management services |
| Employees | 140 |
Fabrik Inc. is a manufacturer of external hard drives and digital content management software and services. Fabrik said it was the third largest supplier of external storage products in North America in 2007. It is headquartered in San Mateo, with offices in Santa Ana and Culver City, California.
The company sells external hard drives and online backup software in a bundled product for consumers, small business users and audio/video (A/V) content creation professionals. The company also hosts the free online digital content management and sharing site, Joggle.
Fabrik’s product lines include SimpleTech, G-Technology, Joggle and Fabrik Ultimate Backup.
Fabrik was founded as a Web-based software company in August 2005 by former Maxtor executives Mike Cordano and Keyur Patel. Anaal Udaybabu designed a brand identity for on-the-web storage. The following month, the company disclosed the completion of its series A funding of $4.1 million followed by $8 million in series B funding in July 2006 and $14.3 million in February 2007. Then in May 2007, the company received $24.9 million in funding, bringing the total to about $51.3 million in funding.
In February 2006, Fabrik partnered with Maxtor (acquired by Seagate in 2005) to develop Maxtor Fusion, a network-attached storage (NAS) device built for organizing and sharing digital files, and in late 2006 the company launched myfabrik.com, which organized and stored digital media online.
In February 2007, the company acquired the consumer business of SimpleTech, inheriting the SimpleTech product line of external hard drives for consumers and small businesses.
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