DriveSavers

DriveSavers
Type Private
Industry data recovery
Founded 1985
Founder(s) Jay Hagan and Scott Gaidano
Headquarters Novato, California, USA
Key people Jay Hagan, CFO and CEO
Scott Gaidano, President
Services high security, encrypted, forensics, server
Employees 80
Website http://www.drivesaversdatarecovery.com

DriveSavers is a privately held company in Northern California that provides data recovery services, and is approved by hardware manufacturers including Alienware, Apple, HP, Maxell, Samsung, Sony, and Western Digital.[1]

The company's data recovery engineers are trained and certified by various encryption software vendors so they can recover data from encrypted hard drives,[2] software and peripheral devices.[3]

History

DriveSavers was founded in 1985 by Jay Hagan and Scott Gaidano as a data recovery service provider.[4][5]

Past and current customers include eBay,[6] Fujitsu,[7] and the U.S. Department of Defense.[8]

In November 2007, the Community Development Agency of Marin County, California recognized DriveSavers as a certified green business.[9]

References

  1. ^ Manufacturer Approved, DriveSavers. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  2. ^ Hard-drive CPR , CNET News. February 12, 2008.
  3. ^ A hard disk failure puts critical business information at risk , Network World. 12/04/2008.
  4. ^ Cyber-saviors, San Francisco Business Times. April 7, 2000.
  5. ^ DriveSavers' high success rate makes data recovery routine, ZDNet Asia. November 12, 2002.
  6. ^ Customer Testimonials, DriveSavers. April 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
  7. ^ Fujitsu and the Giant Magnet, WindowsITPro. February 10, 2009.
  8. ^ DriveSavers Recovers Sensitive Data for the United States Air Force, FOSE Conference 2009, BOOTH No. 1331. March 10, 2009.
  9. ^ County of Marin: Community Development Agency - Sustainability Team, County of Marin. November 14, 2007.

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