Red Herring, a top business publication tracking the technology industry’s trends and rising stars, today named GlassHouse Technologies, Inc., a leading vendor-independent provider of storage services and consulting, to the 2004 Red Herring Top 100. The closely-watched annual list of private companies, complied by the editors of Red Herring, identifies private companies which have made outstanding achievements since launch.
GlassHouse, founded in August 2001, is a VC-funded, privately held provider of independent, unbiased storage consulting and services. The company was recently listed as a Top 200 Cool Company by leading analyst firm Gartner, and also was named as one of four companies to watch in 2004 by storage industry analyst Mike Karp of Enterprise Management Associates.
GlassHouse’s offerings span business, organizational, technology, process and cost issues for users and vendors of data storage, backup, archiving and disaster recovery solutions.
“In one of the worst markets for startups in twenty years GlassHouse has succeeded in creating a rapidly-growing business by delivering top-quality services and consulting to an underserved market,” said Mark Shirman, CEO and President. “We are extremely pleased by Red Herring’s recognition of our accomplishments,” he added. “When we started this company no one was offering services and consulting to end users that could improve their storage and IT operations efficiently and cost-effectively. Our roster of Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 clients speaks to the value we offer and validates our business model.”
“That GlassHouse is one of the only storage companies in recent years to make this prestigious list is testament to the market need the company is meeting,” said Arun Taneja, founder of and senior analyst of Taneja Group. “Red Herring routinely identifies companies with disruptive business models, and the selection of GlassHouse reinforces the growing position the company holds with end users and OEMs in the storage market.”
About GlassHouse Technologies, Inc.
GlassHouse Technologies is the leading provider of services that help organizations solve the business problems of enterprise storage. From strategy through implementation, operations and customer support, GlassHouse partners with clients to achieve predictability and manageability in storage and backup operations, transforming storage into a strategic advantage. GlassHouse clients include Biogen Idec, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB), Hartz Mountain Industries, Inc., Pitney-Bowes, Inc. (NYSE: PBI) and The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. More information about GlassHouse is available at www.glasshouse.com.
