The company says firms in biotechnology and science are particularly attracted to FileBase because they use complicated internal naming schemes for files, and Abrevity's product can make sense of where these are stored in a short time.
Abrevity's service is priced at $5,000 for scanning and reporting on up to 1 Tbyte of data; beyond that, the company charges $1,500 per Tbyte.
On the downside, it's tough to evaluate Abrevity's claims without probing the nature of other ILM products. But until that can be done, the idea that Abrevity is different remains unproven. Also, FileBase helps to create ILM policies, but it does not have an integral capability to do so. Another product must be deployed to implement policies formed with FileBase input.
None of this concerns Joel Harrison, who says Abrevity is on solid footing. Even lack of VC funding won't hinder him, he says. "We're on a path for success... Funding would empower our growth, but even without it we're on track for an excellent future."
Mary Jander, Site Editor, Byte and Switch
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