Memeo

Memeo

Type	Private
Industry	Data protection Online backup service Data synchronization Managed File Transfer Photo and video sharing
Headquarters	Aliso Viejo, California
Products	Memeo Instant Backup Memeo Premium Backup Memeo Professional Backup Memeo Connect Memeo Autosync Memeo Send Memeo Share
Website	http://www.memeo.com

Memeo is a content management company that provides solutions for data backup, synchronization, online storage, photo and video sharing, as well as solutions that integrate with Google Docs. Memeo offers software for use on PCs, Macs and various mobile platforms such as Google Android, Blackberry, as well as Apple's iPhone and iPad.

History

Memeo was founded in 2003 by Hong Bui and James Osborne. It is based on one simple principle: create simple products and services for people who are overwhelmed by their rapidly growing digital universe.^{[citation needed]} Memeo is based in Santa Clara, California with a satellite office in Austin, Texas.^[1] The company was originally named Tanagra but was changed to Memeo in 2005. Memeo is based on the root word "meme" and means “The transfer of a practice or idea that is transmitted from one mind to another.”^{[citation needed]}

Memeo Believes:

1. You should feel at ease knowing you can reliably sync and access your data from anywhere and from any device. 2. You – and your grandmother – should be able to use our latest technology and services with ease. 3. You should feel safe knowing that Memeo will treat your data with the same care we treat our own family’s data.

Memeo currently partners with some of the largest hard drive and NAS providers including Western Digital, Seagate, Buffalo Technology, Netgear, and D-Link.^[2] Their software is bundled with the hardware to provide backup and syncing software.

Products

The corporation markets specific brand names to different market segments:

Its Consumer products emphasize simplicity and ease of use.^{[citation needed]} Such brands include:

• Memeo Instant Backup (simple consumer backup software)
• Memeo Premium Backup (advanced consumer backup software)
• Memeo AutoSync (consumer data synchronization software)
• Memeo Send (consumer managed file transfer software)

Its Business brands include:

• Memeo Premium Backup (business backup / online backup software)
• Memeo Professional Backup (small business backup / online backup software)
• Memeo AutoSync (business data synchronization software)
• Memeo Send (business managed file transfer software)
• Memeo Connect for Google Docs (enterprise productivity software for Google Docs)

Product Reviews

Many of the company's brands have received editorial reviews:

Memeo Connect for Google Docs

In 2010, Tony Bradley praised the Memeo Connect for Google Apps enterprise productivity software in PC World Magazine.^[3]

Management team

CEO and President – George Northup has been an entrepreneur, CEO and investor in tech for over 25 yrs with an excellent track record of building market leading technology companies in the software and internet spaces. He has a passion for creating markets, delivering high growth results, and developing teams and businesses that endure. George has been involved in the building of four successful venture backed companies. During his career, he has raised more than $500 million of capital and he has built companies with more than $1 billion of cumulative revenues. He recently served as President & CEO of AuctionDrop, Inc. Previously, he was CFO of LiveCapital, a financial software analytics company that was sold to D & B. Prior to that, George was CFO of Online Resources, an online banking company (NASDAQ: ORCC, Russell 2000) which he took public in 1999. George started his career at Deloitte & Touche.^[4]

CTO – Bret Savage most recently ran Technology and Business Development for Seagate's $1B retail products group, where he spearheaded the development of the innovative GoFlex line of storage products and connected home media players. Bret's group also completed deals with Google, Netflix, Paramount, and scores more. Bret came to Seagate via the acquisition of Mirra, where he drove development of the groundbreaking Mirra Personal Server as Chief Architect. Before Mirra, Bret co-founded VoIP pioneer Lipstream Networks, which dominated its market in the dot-com era. Bret also serves on the board of Exablox, Inc.^[5]

EVP of Business Development - Steve Owens, was most recently the General Manager/Vice President of the Netscape Internet Service from America Online where he was responsible for the development and successful launch of the value-priced ISP. His background includes 10 years of Internet and software industry experience at top companies including America Online, Netscape, and CompuServe. Steve has held numerous executive positions in operations, development, ecommerce, and marketing.^[6]

Vice-President of Operations – Ross Eltherington is an expert in field of networking and advanced data center technologies. Co-founding Lipstream (a pioneering VoIP service provider) in 1998, Ross began building scalable, redundant data centers to lay the foundation of bandwidth and data intensive applications. He is credited for building the Mirra service infrastructure, which was later acquired by Seagate Technology in 2005. Prior to that, Ross held various engineering and management leadership positions at Apple Computer.^[7]

Director of Business Development – Ted Sanchez has over 20 years of combined channel sales and channel marketing experience. Ted spent 12 years with Intellisync where he led worldwide channel sales. He was employee number 9 at Intellisync and helped establish Intellisync as the number one personal information management sync solution for PDAs in the market place. Intellisync was acquired by Nokia in 2006. Prior to Intellisync, Sanchez held various marketing positions at Apple USA, Apple Latin America and Hewlett-Packard.^[8]

References

1. ^ http://www.memeo.com/corporate_overview.php
2. ^ http://www.memeo.com/partner_programs_oem.php
3. ^ Tony Bradley (2010-06-16). "Memeo Automates Google Docs Syncing with Connect 2.0". Business Center, PC World Magazine. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/198984/memeo_automates_google_docs_syncing_with_connect_20.htmll. "The bottom line is that Google wants to go head-to-head with Microsoft and convince businesses to convert from local storage to the cloud, and from Microsoft Office to Google Docs. However, Google recognizes the short-sighted arrogance of expecting customers to burn the Microsoft bridge overnight, and respects the fact that there has to be a transition over time. Memeo enables it for them by providing a bridge that allows customers to seamlessly live in both worlds." 
4. ^ http://www.memeo.com/leadership_team.php
5. ^ http://www.memeo.com/leadership_team.php
6. ^ http://www.memeo.com/leadership_team.php
7. ^ http://www.memeo.com/leadership_team.php
8. ^ http://www.memeo.com/leadership_team.php