DataSync
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| DataSync | |
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | Madison, South Dakota, 2004 [1] |
| Headquarters | Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States |
| Key people | Mike Vetter, Founder & CEO Michael Moser, VP of Engineering |
| Industry | Software development/ SaaS |
| Products | DataSync Suite |
| Employees | 10 |
| Website | http://datasyncsuite.com |
DataSync is a small South Dakota open source software development and consulting company.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early history as Vetter Solutions, Inc
DataSync was founded in May 2004 by Mike "Olaf" Vetter. He started a company called Vetter Solutions out of his father's basement while attending college at Dakota State University. The company provided home PC services, business networking and administration, and some web development. In June 2005 Vetter Solutions moved to an office and hired its first employee: Michael Moser. The company added web development and e-commerce services. Dustin Schnabel, who was at the time attending Dakota State University was hired for Information Assurance. All three continue to run the company.
[edit] Launch of DataSync
By the end of 2006, the company began the transition to the name "DataSync" because of its focus on business services. 2006 and the first half of 2007 were transitional years for the company. Vetter Solutions built a backup system and began selling the system locally. However due to lack of funding for product development and marketing, the project was shelved in favor of focusing on other services. Experimental marketing for security services and consulting were also met with less than desirable results. The company struggled with focus and direction during this time. Through this challenge, the team at DataSync began experimenting with a few solid open source applications, and began to see a solid business opportunity in hosting and integrating business software.
[edit] Move to open source
In September 2007, the company began the transition out of IT services, and began focusing on a new business model: open source software hosting and development, including Software as a Service (SaaS). By November 2007, this model was generating significant revenue growth and is now the company's core business.
[edit] Recent events
- March 30, 2008 - DataSync launched it's open source product, DataSync Suite. This application integration architecture allows open source applications to communicate and allows the user to sign in once to all applications.
- April 21, 2008 - DataSync sold Vetter Solutions to Elbo Computing of Sioux Falls. DataSync now focuses exclusively on hosted services and open software development.
- April 23, 2008 - Published on a CNET blog [2].
[edit] Company Overview
- Located at the South Dakota Small Business Development Center [3].
- DataSync employs 10 individuals and is headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
- DataSync has a major hosting facility through CoSentry [4] in Sioux Falls.
DataSync currently focuses 3 revenue sources:
- DataSync Suite Development - Heavy development is in progress for DataSync Suite
- Hosting/SaaS - Focuses on delivering software as a service through the internet
- Professional Services - This refers to the delivery of consulting services to customers
[edit] DataSync Suite
DataSync Suite is an application integration package that helps open source applications communicate. The package uses PHP, Python, and other languages to provide the backend technology. DataSync Suite is based on the Zope application framework.
DataSync Suite supports open source software such as Zimbra, SugarCRM, KnowledgeTree, and Joomla.
[edit] Development Status
The application is currently in heavy development and is in the beta release stage. The application is completely open source and available on SourceForge.org.
[edit] Deployment Types
DataSync delivers DataSync Suite as SaaS (Software as a Service) and on-premise.
[edit] License
DataSync Suite is offered under the GNU General Public License (version 3).
[edit] Key people
Executives include:
- Mike Vetter, Founder & CEO and runs DataSync on a day-to-day basis. Vetter is responsible for business development and company growth.[5]
- Dustin Schnabel is VP of Operations and works with DataSync's hosted environment and professional services teams. [5]
- Michael Moser is VP of Engineering and responsible for the management and technical leadership the DataSync Suite project.[5]
DataSync's board of advisers includes:
- Dr. Aelred J. Kurtenbach, Chairman of the Board of Daktronics [6]
- John Hemmingstad, State Director of the University of South Dakota's Small Business Development Center[6]
- Mari Beth Baumberger, Assistant Director of the South Dakota Enterprise Institute[6]
- Eric McDonald, founder and CEO of DocuTAP[6]
- Dr. Josh Pauli, Assistant Professor, Head of Center for Entrepreneurship at Dakota State University[6]
- Rich Naser, Executive Director of the South Dakota Technology Business Center[6]
