Online Technologies looks to become data storage bank to the world
Storing data is allowing Online Technologies to build up some jobs in Ann Arbor. The data-storage start-up has just hired three, has two jobs open and plans to bring on another two or three people by the end of the year.
As American accumulate more and more stuff, it seems like there will always be a need for a place to put it.
The data-storage company, formed in 2002, specializes in making sure the mass digitization of
“We’re like a bank for data,” says Yan Ness, CEO of Online Technologies. “Some people still keep their data stored under a mattress but most keep it in a bank.”
And the company is banking on a lot of profits as it expands. The firm employs 15 people and six contractors at offices in
That accompanies 40 percent revenue growth. Not bad for a company that has grown sixfold since its formation.
“It’s been a good run,”
Source: Yan Ness, CEO of Online Technologies
Writer: Jon Zemke
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