专为中小型企业服务的数据备份公司Datto，获7500万美元B轮融资
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Datto，一家为中小型企业服务的数据备份和恢复公司，在今天宣布获得7500万美元B轮融资。
此轮融资由TCV领投。至此，这家成立8年的公司，两轮融资累计金额达1亿美元。
TCV 的普通合伙人Ted Coons表示，他们对Datto很感兴趣，它既有强势的领导、成熟的产品，还有巨大的市场潜力。“全世界有大约500万家中小型企业，这意味着很大的发展空间。”
当中小型企业遇到突发灾难，例如飓风等大型自然灾害可以在顷刻之间就将办公室和设备摧毁一空，此时Datto可以帮助企业进行快速备份。即便是使用云端服务的公司，也很可能有一些本地服务器，Datto的职责就是保证它们在灾难来临时能继续运作。
Datto开发的硬件和软件能够以最高每5分钟一次的频率，对一家公司的整个信息技术系统进行快速备份。2011年，当龙卷风席卷密苏里州时，Datto在瞬间就恢复了当地医院访问医疗记录的能力。在飓风桑迪摧毁了纽约对冲基金公司Richmond Hill的系统之后，Datto在数分钟内就令其恢复上线，重新接入市场。
在去年，Datto推出了Backupify——一款云间备份工具，将中小企业的安全级别又提升了一个等级。
尽管公司并不是很需要这笔融资，CEO Austin McChord还是看见了此次融资能带来的一些有利条件，并且抓住了它。“我们是盈利的，但能有一些额外资本用来帮助地域扩张、开发产品或进行战略采购也挺不错。”
产品主要是通过托管服务供应商们进行销售，这些供货商帮助中小型企业进行IT运营。McChord称Datto现在有550名雇员，和近5万名用户，其中85%的用户来自美国。
McChord透露，未来的产品可以帮助用户们在公司权限范围内使用160千兆位的数据，这些数据一般在灾难发生前很少被使用到。McChord拒绝透露这些数据将被如何使用，毕竟产品只是他头脑中的一个概念还并未成型，但公司会认真考虑，如何才能帮助用户们信息利用最大化。
Source:TC
Datto Scores $75 Million As It Seeks To Expand Beyond Disaster Recovery
Datto, the company that acts as a backup and disaster recovery service for small to medium sized businesses (SMBs), announced today that it has raised $75 million in a Series B investment.
The round was led by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) and brings the total investment across two rounds for the eight-year old company to just over $100 million.
Ted Coons, a general partner at TCV said the firm was attracted to Datto because it had strong leadership with a well-defined product in a huge potential market space.
“On a worldwide basis there are about 5 million [SMBs] — businesses of substance — they’ve got 50,000 endpoints/customers. There’s a lot of room to build,” he said.
Datto helps SMBs get back up and running quickly in the event of a weather event like a hurricane (or any disaster) that could wipe out the offices, computers and on-site servers of a small business. Even companies using cloud services very likely have some on-premises servers and the service is designed to ensure business continuity when a disaster hits.
Last year Datto also bought Backupify, a cloud-to-cloud backup tool giving it another level of safety for SMBs.
Even though they didn’t necessarily need the money, CEO Austin McChord saw an opportunity to get some additional capital on favorable terms and he took it.
“We are profitable, but it’s nice to have [additional] cash to continue geographic expansion, develop new [products] or make a strategic purchase,” CEO Austin McChord told TechCrunch.
The company sells primarily through the channel using Managed Service Providers, organizations which help SMBs run their IT function. McChord reports Datto currently has 550 employees and in the neighborhood of 50,000 customers, 85 percent of which are in the US.
Part of his long-term plan is to expand further into worldwide markets, and to that end, the company already has an office in the UK staffed with 50 people to help establish a market in Europe. It also has a newly minted office in Australia to help make a push there and into Asia.
The company also wants to use some of the money to expand the product line and it already has an internet-enabled networking product coming out soon. The product, as with the backup and recovery service is aimed at SMBs and designed to allow MSPs to communicate with the network device even when there is no internet connection on-site, something that would be very useful in a disaster situation. Instead of rolling a truck and having a service worker check on the scene, they have options to communicate with the network before they have to do that.
McChord also hinted at a future product that could help customers make use of the 160 petabytes of data under the company’s purview that is just sitting there unused unless disaster strikes. He wouldn’t say how he would use it — it wasn’t clear that he even has a specific product in mind just yet — but the company is clearly thinking about how it could help its customers make better use of all of that information, while expanding the product line beyond pure disaster recovery.
By this time next year, the company, which has its headquarter in Norwalk, Connecticut could have close to 700 employees as part of its expansion plans.
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文字沟通或许是件麻烦事，Cola想帮你简化这个流程
来源：猎云网（编译：田小雪）
聊天通信在日常沟通交流中发挥着越来越大的作用，但我发现它也有弊端：当想要协调多人之间的沟通时，常常会被一些长段的、复杂的对话难倒。现在，一家叫做Cola的初创企业，希望用“Cola气泡框”的交互方式来代替那些繁杂的来回往返的信息。
举个例子，假设你想发消信与某人安排一个会面时间。以往我们都是来回发送一系列问答，内容诸如“你周五有空吗？”“周五没空，但你看周四怎么样？”来回确认，非常麻烦。
但Cola的创新做法是：你可以直接从App里引入自己的日历，选出三个空闲时间，通过一个气泡框将这三个时间段同时显示出来，让接收方根据他自己的情况来选择一个最合适的会面时间。
此外，Cola还创建了可供分享地理位置或是预计到达时间的气泡框，方便将行程中的每个人联系起来并且创立一些共享的待完成事项清单。当然了，通过短信也可以完成这一系列事项，但还是那句话，麻烦。
公司CEO David Temkin说：“我们认为，这款App能够做成功的关键其实就在于帮人们省去了发送多达10条不同短信的麻烦。”
Temkin之前是AOL（American Online美国在线）的总经理，负责手机以及邮件业务。他与另四位执行主管一同创建了Cola公司，分别为Macromedia 创始人Marc Canter、前Adobe工程师Mike McEvoy、前iPhone工程师Jeremy Wyld 以及Postini创始人Brian Maggi。
Cola官方宣布到目前为止已经筹得了130万美元的资金，投资者分别是线上融资平台AngelList 的创始人Naval Ravikant所属财团、技术主管Brad Garlinghouse、Tribeca Angels等。
Temkin同时还是Laszlo Systems的创始人，这家公司专门创建在线应用程序。我们都知道浏览器是网站的主要平台，所以Temkin认为，同样的道理，信息通讯也会逐渐成为智能手机的主要活动平台。
他说：“在我们现在所生活的世界里称为“电话”的工具，其实是用来发信息的，这才是智能手机这一类电子设备的主要用途。”。
而这也解释了Cola目前在信息功能方面加大研发力度的原因，同时公司进一步的目标是创建一个全新的操作系统，在那里其他的开发商也能够创建Cola的App。
Temkin举了一个例子说，他希望能够有人创建出一个可以即时分享航班信息的Bubble，这样一来机场接机的人就不用多次查看了。他说，我们很明显能够看到，在工作中，包括在游戏中，气泡框的数量都还很少。
Temkin知道他自己并不是唯一一个关注“通信平台化”的人。事实上，Facebook近期也推出了Messenger来与其他产品配套使用，但是它还加入了GIF以及其他一些有趣的内容，这一点与Temkin及其联合创始人们的目标想法相去甚远。
“其实通信是非常庞大的门类。”所以相比于其他公司致力于赋予短信App更多的乐趣，Temkin却看到了一块无人触及的全新领域，即节省人们的时间并且提高人们的工作及生产效率。
目前公司接受其私人测试版App的注册申请。虽然App是iOS版的，但是你可以用气泡框向任何一个人发送短信和链接，不管对方有无App，也不管对方是何种手机系统（安卓手机也可以接收）。
Source:TC
Cola Is Building A Platform To Help You Send Fewer Text Messages
As text messaging takes over more of my communication, I find myself on lots of long and complicated chats where I’m trying to plan and coordinate with multiple people. Now a startup calledCola aims to replace all that back-and-forth with a set of interactive “Cola Bubbles.”
For example, let’s say you wanted to message someone and schedule a time to meet up. Instead of sending a bunch of “Are you free Friday?” “No, but what about Thursday?”-type messages, you can bring up your calendar from directly within the Cola messaging app, select three open time windows, then send a Bubble presenting those three times and allowing the recipient to choose the one that works best for them.
Cola has also built Bubbles for sharing your location/estimated time of arrival, for polling everyone in the thread and for creating shared to-do lists. Yes, you can accomplish most of that with straightforward text messages, but again, it usually takes a bit of back-and-forth.
“We’re winning when we save you the need to send 10 different text messages,” said CEO David Temkin.
Temkin was previously the general manager of AOL Mobile and Mail (TechCrunch is owned by AOL, and Temkin worked on the TechCrunch app). He founded the company with four other executives — Macromedia founder Marc Canter, former Adobe engineer Mike McEvoy, former iPhone engineer Jeremy Wyld and Postini founder Brian Maggi.
Cola is also announcing that it has raised $1.3 million in funding from AngelList founder Naval Ravikant’s syndicate, tech executive Brad Garlinghouse, Tribeca Angels and others.
Temkin was also the founder of Laszlo Systems, a company that built online applications. He argued that in the same way that the browser became the platform for the web, text messaging will increasingly become the platform for activity on the smartphone.
“We live in a world where the things we call phones are not phones — they are for texting, that is the main use of these devices that we call smartphones,” he said. As a result, the Cola team views texting as your basic “line of sight,” while “your peripheral vision is all these other apps.”
That’s why Cola is adding more functionality to text messaging, and why the bigger vision is to build an “operating system” that allows other developers who can create Cola apps (or, in the company’s parlance, Bubbles).
As an example, Temkin suggested someone could create a Bubble for instantly sharing your flight information, so the person picking you up at the airport doesn’t have to look it up. There are less obvious Bubbles in the works, including a game, he said.
Temkin knows that he’s not the only one looking at “the platformizing of messaging.” In fact, Facebook recently opened Messenger to integrate with other products — but adding GIFs and other fun content is pretty far from what Temkin and his co-founders are aiming for.
“Messaging is an enormous category,” he said. So while other companies try to make their messaging apps more fun, Temkin sees a “green field” in saving you time and making you more productive.
The startup is currently accepting sign-ups for its private beta. The app is built for iOS, but you can send messages and links to Bubbles to anyone, even if they don’t have an app, including users with Android phones.
7个原因告诉你：为何公司仍旧在与人力资源分析作斗争
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大多数人力资源领导人已经意识到了运用人力资源科技和分析技术的优势，但是有多少人能完全利用上这门技术？
来自马来西亚、新加坡以及香港的107个专业HR进行了一次投票。一份新的报告由CIPD进行研究，其最重要的原因便是限制机构已经意识到了人力资源分析的有利之处。
这份报告显示，组织认为人力资源分析非常重要且可能成为潜在的变革。他们承认这种分析能力存在于早期阶段，并且会被一系列因素所阻碍。
很多机构已经开始了他们人力资源分析的旅程，但现在仍处于初期阶段。那些有意把人力资源分析作为战略目标的机构，将会朝着可持续性、有竞争性、获得优势等方向迈进。
以下是7条报告中所展示的原因：
缺乏商业投资和人力资源分析的专业性。57%的人力资源专家说人力资源分析技巧缺少实用性。
在全球形势中，人力资源分析的应用在部门或公司内是分散的。
将近一半（48.5%）的机构缺乏先进的人力资源技术，而这已满足了业务需要，并且只有23.4%的机构使用了综合性的人力资源分析软件。
这些约束力，例如 投资、领导力、理解力和人力资源整体成熟性将阻碍战略发展层面，而在操作层面技术和分析能力将抑制它。
标准化是一个重大的挑战——人力资源专家并不确定是应该为他们的公司开发特殊措施还是发展标准措施。
大多数的数据可以用于反思和洞察,而不是使用开发指标来预测数据。
组织仍然把那些以文化方面做为着眼点的公司作为他们数据的来源，很少关于其他战略方面的活动被评估和报道，例如生产力和绩效。
“进化的脚步也许会非常的慢，但是这次研究表明，把人力资源分析加入到商业中或不同地域中将是一件非常有潜力的事情。”
“小型项目能通过平均计分卡，清晰的展示出商业洞察力，这也是一种让人力资源分析能够获得广泛购买的一种方式。并可以获得更多关于技术以及技能的投资，来支持这一重要的活动。”他补充道。
这个报告同时也包含了四个重要的点，来帮助组织机构通过人力资源分析获得更多的利益。
1、人力资源部门应该多吸引一些有分析才能的人加入这个行业，并完善人力资源专家对于分析的基础理解。
2、人力资源专家不光要从事组织内部的业务，也要与业内同行建立良好的时间方法。
3、人力资源领导应该鼓励发展更好的度量标准，并分析其他业务领导，利用循证分析项目来推动关于人力资源分析的投资。
4、不能仅仅发展高级专业人士的分析技能，这些技能应该同事被运用到人力资源外的部分，从初级人员到高级都该运用学习。
7 reasons why firms are still struggling with HR analytics
Most HR leaders may have realised the advantaged of using HR technology and analytics, but how many are fully equipped to leverage on the benefits of such technology?
Polling 107 HR professionals from Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, a new report by CIPD delved into the biggest reasons which are limits organisations from realising the benefits of HR analytics.
It concluded that while organisations view HR analytics as hugely important and potentially transformative, they admit that these type of analytics are at the very early stages of capability and are being held back by a range of factors.
“Many organisations have begun their HR analytics journey but it is still in it’s very early days. Those organisations that are able to use HR analytics to be more strategic are likely to make significant steps towards sustainable, competitive advantage,” commented Edward Houghton, CIPD’s research adviser.
Here are seven such reasons which were identified in the report:
1. A lack of business investment and HR analytics expertise, with 57% of HR professionalssay there is a lack availability when it comes to analytical skills.
2. Reflecting the global situation, the application of HR analytics is fragmented, in sectors and organisations.
3. Almost half (48.5%) of organisations lack sophisticated HR technology which meets the needs of the business and only 23.4% are currently using a fully integrated HR analytics IT programme.
4. Constraints such as investment, leadership understanding and overall HR maturity are holding back development at a strategic level while at an operational level, technology and the analytic skill set are inhibiting the development of the function
5. Standardisation is a significant challenge – HR professionals are unsure whether to develop context specific measures for their organisation or standard measures for benchmarking purposes
6. The majority of data is used as a reflective insight, rather than using indicators to develop forecast data
7. Organisations continue to focus their attention of engagement and data around cultural aspects of the firm as their main sources of people data. Far less is being measured and reported with regards to other strategic activities such as productivity and performance.
“The pace of evolution may be fairly slow, but this study shows that there is real potential for HR analytics to add value across businesses and across the region,” Houghton stated.
Small projects that show clear business insights through a balanced scorecard are an essential way to get wider buy-in from the business on the value of HR analytics, and can open the door for greater investment in technology and skills to support this critical activity,” he added.
The report also included four key recommendations for organisations to reap more benefits from HR analytics.
Firstly, HR functions should attract more analytics talent into the profession and develop HR experts with a foundation of analytical understanding.
Secondly, HR professionals in the region should look to working across the business functions in their organisations as well as externally with industry peers to establish best practice methods.
Thirdly, HR leaders should champion better metrics and analytics to other senior leaders in the business and drive investment in HR analytics using evidence-based projects.
Lastly, instead of only developing analytical skills in senior professionals, these skills should be developed throughout the HR function, from junior-level professionals to senior-level professionals.
来源：humanresources
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