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 Company: Sharpcast, Palo Alto, CA
Company Description: Sharpcast is the leader in convergence to simplify people's digital lives, spanning computers, mobile phones, and the web. Our SugarSync product has received many accolades and is an acknowledged pioneer in the approaching 'cloud computing' era. Sharpcast was founded 4 years ago and has 45 employees.
Nomination Category: Products & Product Management Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Best New Product or Service - Computer Services
Nomination Title: SugarSync by Sharpcast
- Tell the story about this nominated product or service (up to 500 words). Describe its function, features, benefits, and sales to date. You may include hyperlinks to product photos and data sheets. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:
SugarSync allows all of a user's devices and the web to work as one. As such,
it is the easiest way to keep digital media and files automatically in sync
across multiple computers, backed up online, and remotely accessible from mobile
phones. http://www.sugarsync.com/products/tour/index.html
The patent-pending technology (in development for over 4 years) provides the
only real-time, multi-platform push synchronization of all data commercially
available in the market today.
The response from the marketplace has been tremendous, as user demand has been
very strong
http://www.brianberliner.com/2008/04/18/sharpcast-sugarsync-launch-statistics/
and the industry reaction has been incredibly positive
http://www.sugarsync.com/company/press_awards.html.
There are several reasons why the problem that SugarSync solves has commanded so
much attention …
(1) A significant increase in the number of people with multiple computers
(2) A rapid proliferation of connected mobile devices, especially
Internet-connected smartphones
(3) The increasing importance of the web as a place to store and manage content,
with rising broadband penetration and faster speeds to facilitate data transfer
to/from the web
(4) The desire for users to have their data revolve around them - regardless of
how or where they are accessing it – and have changes made in one place
reflected in all of the other places that they may access it.
SugarSync is in a position to help lead the computing industry into the era of
‘convergence’, where a user can access their data anytime, anywhere and have any
update made in one place automatically updated everywhere else.
- List hyperlinks to any online news stories, press releases, product reviews, or other documents that support the claims made in the section above. IMPORTANT: Begin each link with http://, and enclose each link in square brackets; for example, [http://www.youraddress.com]:
SugarSync has received significant recognition to date, including:
- New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/27/technology/personaltech/27pogue.
html?_r=1&ex=1207195200&en=a4af651f52d5dc52&ei=5070&oref=slogin
- CNBC video with David Pogue (NYTimes)
http://www.sugarsync.com/company/sugarsync_on_cnbc.html
- Wall Street Journal
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120718363843685161.html?mod=technol
ogy_main_promo_left
- Wall Street Journal video
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid452319854/bctid1474198338
- Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_16/b4080074925669.
htm?chan=technology_tech+maven+page+-+new_this+week's+column
- Financial Times
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c59b1d38-0196-11dd-a323-000077b07658.html?
nclick_check=1
- International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/26/technology/ptpogue27.php
- Bloomberg http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=
aYxgS_uAxYSA
- Laptop magazine (Editor's Choice)
http://www.laptopmag.com/review/software/sugarsync.aspx
- Provide a brief (up to 100 words) biography about the leader(s) of the team that developed this nominated product or service:
Mark Dixon
Director, Products
Mark has a distinguished 10+ year track record in product development and
strategy. He was previously a senior member of the product team at Opsware
(originally named Loudcloud), a leading IT automation company that was sold to
Hewlett Packard for $1.6 billion. Earlier in his career, Mark was a strategy
consultant for A.T. Kearney. Mark has a B.S. in electrical engineering from the
University of Virginia, and he holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of
Business.
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