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Blackbird Group, Inc.

Company type	Private
Industry	Enterprise software
Founded	2002
Founder	Christian Ehrenthal
Headquarters	New York City, New York, USA
Key people	Christian Ehrenthal, CEO Charles McDonald, CTO Arno Therburg, VP of Sales
Products	Windows Management tools (Active Directory, Windows File System, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server and Data Protection.
Website	/ www.blackbird-group.com

Blackbird Group, Inc. is an Enterprise software company headquartered in New York City, New York. Founded in 2002, Blackbird develops, markets and supports software that helps companies and organizations with large-scale, Windows-centric networks manage and audit Active Directory, Windows File System, Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft SQL Server environments. Its products are also used by organizations to manage both regulatory and corporate Compliance (e.g., HIPPA, FISMA, GLBA, PCI, SOX,^[1] etc.), as well as Data Protection requirements. Blackbird Group serves financial,, government, healthcare industries and educational industries among others, in midsize and large business areas.^[2]

In late 2012, the company reported more than 20 million seats under its management.

Blackbird Group sells its products and services through its direct sales organization as well as through a variety of partners and resellers worldwide.

History

Blackbird Group was founded in 2002 in Hamburg, Germany by Christian Ehrenthal. The following year the business was moved to New York City. The company initially focused on recovery and backup solutions for enterprises using the Novell eDirectory services, becoming a Novell Preferred Technology Partner. In 2008, the company shifted its focus to providing compliance and systems management solutions for Microsoft-centric environments.

The company now counts many Fortune 100 companies among its customers. It was completely bootstrapped, taking no venture capital, and has experienced continual profitable growth since its start-up.

By 2009 the company had attained gold certified partner status in the Microsoft Partner program. Two years later, the company was chosen by Microsoft Corporation as a member of the U.S. ISV Managed Partner Program in the High Potential ISV Group.

Among its achievements, the company's Blackbird Management Suite was named the 2010, 2011 and 2012 Gold "Editors' Best Award Winner" by Windows IT Pro magazine ^[3][4][5].

Key Partners

• Microsoft Managed and Gold Certified Partner
• Novell Preferred Technology Partner

Products

The company offers the Blackbird Management Suite, a technology platform that unifies the operation of ten functionally separate modules^[6] that track, manage, and protect various activities from a centralized console.^[7] In the Windows infrastructure management arena, products focus on Active Directory, Windows File System, Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Exchange.

The company divides its products into three solution areas:

• Identity and access management
• Data protection
• Auditing and Compliance

Community Products

The company has developed a portfolio of five community products for enterprise IT managers who wish to track their Active Directory logon activity and their cloud app configurations and user activity. The community products are divided into two categories:

• Active Directory utilities
• Cloud utilities

Awards & Recognition

The Blackbird Management Suite won the “Editor’s Best Award 2012” in the Best Auditing/Compliance Product category from Windows IT Pro magazine^[8].

The Blackbird Management Suite won the "Editors' Best Award 2011" in the Best Active Directory and Group Policy Product category from Windows IT Pro magazine^[9].

In 2011, Redmond Magazine reviewed the Blackbird Management Suite and rated it with a score of 9.0 out of 10, which earned Blackbird the magazine's MVP award.

The Blackbird Management Suite was named the "Editors' Best Award 2010" winner in the Auditing/Compliance Category by Windows IT Pro magazine^[10].

Notes

References

• Editors "2012 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards" Windows IT Pro, 11/20/2012
• Shields, Greg "Review: Blackbird Management Suite for Active Directory" RedmondMag.Com, 10/01/2011
• Marwitz, Caroline “Active Directory, GPO, and Identity Blog: Blackbird Group Watches Over Active Directory” Windows IT Pro, 04/23/2010
• Rux, Eric B. “Active Directory Auditing Tools” Windows IT Pro, 08/21/2011
• Rux, Eric B. "Review: Blackbird Management Suite, Navigate a challenging AD environment" Windows IT Pro, 12/14/2010
• Editors "2010 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards" Windows IT Pro, 11/22/2010
• Editors "2011 Windows IT Pro Editors' Best and Community Choice Awards" Windows IT Pro, 12/18/2011
• Pietroforte, Michael “Blackbird Recovery for AD – A sophisticated Active Directory Backup Software” 4sysops.com, 08/03/2010

External links

• http://www.crunchbase.com/company/blackbird-group
• http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?id=2022715&ref=g_fromdoc
• http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=33330794
• http://www.kuppingercole.com/report/cb_productnoteblackbird31012012

Category:Companies based in New York City Category:Companies established in 2002 Category:Software companies of the United States