This press release contains express or implied forward-looking statements relating to, among other things, iRobot Corporation's expectations concerning product delivery and product performance. For more information about iRobot, please visit For iRobot InvestorsĬertain statements made in this press release that are not based on historical information are forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. iRobot's consumer and military robots feature proprietary technologies incorporating advanced concepts in navigation, mobility, manipulation and artificial intelligence. The company's home robots help people find smarter ways to clean, its defense & security robots protect those in harm's way, and its remote presence robots enable virtual presence from anywhere in the world. IRobot designs and builds robots that empower people to do more. 'I look forward to working with iRobot's leadership team to explore strategic ways to bring these exciting R&D efforts to market.'

'As a company that is already leading the way in leveraging the cloud and analytics to develop new robotic technologies across multiple markets, I am excited to be joining the board of directors at iRobot,' said Mr. 'His experience with software, and in particular cloud infrastructure and data analytics, is important as iRobot looks to advance development efforts in mapping and other areas that will give our robots a richer understanding of their environment.' 'Mohamad's compelling track record of leadership, operating expertise and industry vision, across companies big and small, makes him an excellent addition to our board,' said Colin Angle, chairman and chief executive officer of iRobot. He was named to Boston Business Journal's 2008 '40 Under 40' list, and recognized by Massachusetts High Tech magazine as a 2011 All-Star. He also served in senior leadership roles at IBM, where he acquired numerous companies to build IBM's analytics and big data business. In addition to Carbonite, Ali serves on the boards of directors of City National Bank, Oxfam America and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. Previously, Ali served as chief strategy officer at Hewlett-Packard and president of Avaya Global Services. Boston-based Carbonite (NASDAQ: CARB) provides cloud and hybrid backup and recovery solutions for home and business. Since then, Ali has successfully led the company's continued growth, serving the ever-evolving technology needs of small and mid-size businesses and consumers. More recently, EMC parent Dell has been striving to sell off assets to improve the company's balance sheet ahead of a potential IPO or perhaps even a reverse merger with VMware.Ali became president, chief executive officer and director of Carbonite upon joining the company in 2014. This deal provides Mozy customers scalable options for the future and gives Carbonite a broader base to which we offer our solutions.”ĮMC acquired Mozy in 2007. “Carbonite’s competitive advantage is our flexible data protection platform, which serves every scenario, from backing up individual laptops to maintaining uptime for hundreds of business servers.

“We are thrilled to announce the acquisition of Mozy,” said Mohamad Ali, president and CEO of Carbonite, in a prepared statement. The upshot: Revenues continue to grow, but competition from Datto, Veeam, StorageCraft and cloud upstarts is intensifying, ChannelE2E believes. Carbonite also lined up a $120 million credit facility for additional acquisitions, data protection company confirmed today. Carbonite is acquiring Dell EMC's Mozy cloud backup service for $145.8 million in cash.

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