10 data-management companies to watch

Information, classification and management (ICM) tools designed to keep up with increasing network data.

EMC's recent entry into the market for information, classification and management (ICM) products is calling new attention to a market that hardly needs the help. It is already bubbling with the activities of a slew of new companies whose software and appliances help companies get a handle on the unstructured data - files, PDFs and spreadsheets - on network file servers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Here's a look at 10 of the more intriguing players in this field:

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Founded: January 2003.
Based: Cupertino, Calif.
Product: FileData Classifier and Analyzer intelligent information management software.
File types supported: CIFS, NFS and Exchange.
What's new: Announced that its FileData Classifier software is now available for $10,000 for 3TB of data.
How the company got its start: The founders were looking to solve information management issues they had seen in their previous professional lives at global file system company Acirro.
Funding: Private.
CEO: Richard Preston, formerly of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Who's using the product: BD Biosciences, Cox Communications and Stanford University.
How the company got its name: The founders wanted one that would put it at the top of alphabetical lists.~~

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EMC's recent entry into the market for information, classification and management (ICM) products is calling new attention to a market that hardly needs the help. It is already bubbling with the activities of a slew of new companies whose software and appliances help companies get a handle on the unstructured data - files, PDFs and spreadsheets - on network file servers and network-attached storage (NAS) devices. Here's a look at 10 of the more intriguing players in this field:

Abrevity

Founded: January 2003.
Based: Cupertino, Calif.
Product: FileData Classifier and Analyzer intelligent information management software.
File types supported: CIFS, NFS and Exchange.
What's new: Announced that its FileData Classifier software is now available for $10,000 for 3TB of data.
How the company got its start: The founders were looking to solve information management issues they had seen in their previous professional lives at global file system company Acirro.
Funding: Private.
CEO: Richard Preston, formerly of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Who's using the product: BD Biosciences, Cox Communications and Stanford University.
How the company got its name: The founders wanted one that would put it at the top of alphabetical lists.