Data Storage Corporation Grabs SafeData

Data Storage Corporation, a provider of diverse electronic data storage and protection solutions, announced the acquisition of SafeData, LLC, a technology company focused on helping companies protect their data, minimize downtime and recover and restore data.

By acquiring SafeData, Data Storage Corporation (DSC) expands its current solutions which include: data backup and recovery, digital archiving, virtual hosting and standby data recovery, e-discovery, email archiving and host exchange to the IBM iSeries market leveraging SafeData’s high availability, data recovery and telecom recovery solutions.

SafeData will operate as a division of Data Storage Corporation, remaining in Warwick, R.I. and continuing to serve its existing clients with its SafeData/HA, SafeData/DR and SafeData/TR products. Peter Briggs will continue as President of the SafeData unit and will hold the position of executive vice president with Data Storage Corporation. Larry Putterman, chairman of SafeData will serve on the Data Storage Corporation board of directors.

"We plan to grow our organization organically and through strategic acquisitions," explained Chuck Piluso, Chairman and CEO of Data Storage Corporation. "With SafeData’s penetration in the IBM iSeries market and its extensive client base, it was a logical addition. As part of the acquisition, we extended our service offerings, and gained the expertise of an excellent team of talented data storage and recovery professionals."

"This is an exciting time for SafeData, our employees and our customers," said Briggs. "DSC brings us a platform for scaling and growth, which will make it possible, for us to extend our market presence across the country and will provide greater breadth and depth to our data storage and recovery services for our clients.  As a unit of DSC, we will now have additional resources to help take SafeData to the next level."