Cleversafe named one of Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association of Business Resources (NABR).

CHICAGO, June 9, 2008  - Cleversafe , the leader in Dispersed Storage™ Technology, today announced the company has been named one of Chicago's "101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For" by the National Association of Business Resources (NABR). This award has been established to highlight companies that recognize employees as their greatest asset. The companies that best demonstrate their ability to work with imagination and conviction to create organizational value and business results through demonstrated human resources best practices are bestowed this distinction.

With over 1000 local companies competing, the judging panel selected companies that demonstrate unique thought processes with support from senior management resulting in above average programs, services and solutions for employees in the areas of community initiatives, compensation and benefits, diversity and multi-culturalism, employee education and development, employee engagement and commitment, recognition and retention, recruitment and selection and work-life balance. Award recipients were selected after reviewing a comprehensive description of human resource practices and programs in addition to randomly surveying employees about their work environment.

“Being selected as a 101 Best and Brightest company confirms that Cleversafe’s success in creating a revolutionary new technology for storing and delivering digital content is enabled by our ability to create a unique culture and exciting work environment that attracts and fuels the collective talents of our people” states Cleversafe CEO, Chris Gladwin.

Recent winners include CCC Information Services, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Crowe Chizek and Company LLC, Digitas, Ernst & Young, Infogix, Rush Copley Medical Center, Shure Incorporated and Verizon Wireless.
 

About Cleversafe

Cleversafe is the leader in Dispersed Storage™ technology, the ideal way to store large, growing amounts of digital assets cost effectively.  Founded in 2004, the company is backed by world-class investors including NEA, OCA Ventures, Harrison Street Capital and Alsop-Louie Partners.  Cleversafe is also the sponsor of an open source community movement to help standardize Dispersed Storage technology through its cleversafe.org project.  For more information, please visit www.cleversafe.com or www.cleversafe.org.

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