9LivesData

9LivesData was hired by a large IT enterprise to manage data between storage devices and cloud providers. The company needed a team that could handle algorithmic work and performance optimization rather than individual coders. The founder of the company was impressed by the knowledge, accomplishments, and character of the founder of 9LivesData and decided to build a team with them. 9LivesData designed and developed the core of the company's product and managed the entire engineering department, including product design, recruitment, and employee retention. The team is stable with relatively little turnover.

In another project, 9LivesData was hired by NEC, a large Japanese IT company, to develop a backup storage device with multiple nodes inside a single unit, all collaborating with each other and providing large storage capacity. The device offers cutting-edge features like de-duplication, compression, and automatic balancing. 9LivesData built its core architecture and continued with enhancements. The company spends $5 million to $6 million on their work on a yearly basis. The collaboration started in late 2007 or early 2008, and the product is already in the market, but it still needs to be enhanced on a continual basis.

9LivesData was also hired by Bizerba, a company that makes products for weighing in several customer environments, to modernize their retail software suite for the back office and for devices. 9LivesData supported their existing code for the existing devices in the field and made proof of concepts for new technologies to be used in the new software. The team working for Bizerba is mostly static with 5 people. Bizerba has spent €750,000–€1 million on their work and has been working with them since June 2015. They plan to continue working with them in 2018 as a strategic partner for new technologies and proof of concepts in new technologies.