Datto CEO Earns Top Spot on Forbes '30 Under 30' List

Forbes has named 29 year old Datto CEO Austin McChord to the very top of its “2015 30 Under 30” list of the top 30 enterprise technology influencers under the age of 30. McChord founded the Norwalk, Connecticut-based data backup and disaster recovery (BDR) and business continuity software provider.

Since then he  has helped  the 7 year-old company reach nearly $100 million in sales.

In his brief 30 under 30 profile, McChord revealed that at one point an established security firm had offered to buy out Datto for more than $100 million at a time when he was sole shareholder. He said he passed it up because “there’s more ground for us to cover. I loved my job and the people working at the company.”

McChord’s profile recounts an anecdote of Datto’s heroics in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. It also mentions that Datto now has more than 330 employees.

McChord also said the company took its first outside funding — $25 million from GeneralCatalyst, looking to tap its expertise and “play for real.”

Datto’s other recent news

Here’s a closer look at some of Datto’s other recent accomplishments in the data BDR and business continuity space under McChord’s leadership, along with details about how this company has helped managed service providers (MSPs) protect their customers’ sensitive information:

Datto Integrates with Servoyant RMM, Plans LabTech Integration

Datto last year integrated with Servoyant, which provides a remote monitoring and management (RMM) platform that unifies network monitoring, management, automation and reporting. Ian McChord, Datto’s product director, also said his company was planning integrations with RMM platform provider LabTech Software and various RMM and professional services automation (PSA) software vendors.

Datto Partner Conference 2014: Business Continuity Goes Virtual

Datto announced Virtual SIRIS during its second annual partner conference in Las Vegas. Virtual SIRIS, a virtual appliance that is part of the SIRIS 2 product family, was designed to enable Datto channel partners to provide their customers with a business continuity solution that they can operate on the same platform as their existing virtual infrastructure.

Datto Opens New Office in Rochester, NY

Datto last September opened a new office in Rochester, New York. The company said it expects to create more than 70 jobs over the next few years as well.

Datto Named Connecticut’s Fastest Growing Technology Company

Datto was named Marcum Tech Top 40‘s Fastest Growing Technology Company in the State of Connecticut for the second year in a row in 2014. The data BDR and business continuity software provider also claimed the top spot within the IT Services category for the third year in a row.

Datto Buys Cloud BDR Solutions Provider Backupify

Datto last month acquired Backupify, which provides cloud-to-cloud BDR solutions for software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, and said it plans to leverage both Datto and Backupify technologies to offer “a united force for comprehensive on-premise and cloud-based backup, the first Total Data Protection Platform,” to MSPs and their customers.

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