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By Carolyn Duffy Marsan 04/23/01
Founded by a pair of avid hikers who enjoy scaling
mountain peaks, Ecora is a surprisingly
down-to-earth company. The management team adheres to such old-fashioned
concepts as focusing on customer needs, expanding staff slowly and pursuing
profitability.
Angel investors, including former Compaq CEO Eckhard
Pfeiffer and one-time Digital CEO Bob Palmer, have financed the company. The
board of directors includes John Rando, former Compaq professional services
chief, and Morton Goulder, a founder of defense electronics giant Sanders
Associates, which was acquired by Lockheed Martin.
Ecora offers two types of systems management tools:
Documentors, which generate comprehensive documentation about key network
components and applications; and IT Auditors, which monitor configuration
changes in network hardware, operating systems and applications. Documentors
are available for Lotus Domino, Microsoft Exchange, Oracle, Windows NT and
Windows 2000. IT Auditors are available for Exchange, NT and Win 2000.
With each software package available for as little as
$450 per server, Ecora has attracted more than 600 customers since it began
shipping its products a year ago. Network managers use the software for
troubleshooting, security assessments, IT audits, disaster recovery, server
consolidation and network mergers.
Having grown to 85 employees, Ecora is trying to keep
its small-company feel by hosting regular hikes and fishing tournaments. That
should keep employees fit as they face the next summit: building enough revenue
to cover expenses.
Ecora The name: |
An electronic-sounding version of Mount
Chocorua, a popular destination for hikers in New Hampshire.
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