INNOVATIVE
Since it first introduced storage quotes to the emerging NT world, Northern has always placed heavy focus on technical innovation. The company maintains an un-flagging rate of product evolution that is rich and efficient; utilizing in some part internally championed ideas but in the most part the ideas generated in open communication with established enterprise customers. This innovative culture has led Northern to introduce:

Real-time Quotas
The real-time storage quota now forms the backbone of over 95% of CQM policies

User self-management
Emerging as the most effective method to engage data owners and generate true usage efficiency

Storage chargeback
An emerging concept with Content Quota Management solutions that is being extensively embraced

Programmable API
Northern was first to offer the benefits of programmatically integrated CQM policies

ENGAGED AND COMMITTED
Northern’s business culture is centered on developing strong and lasting customer relationships. Several high-profile organizations have been members of Northern’s customer community since the mid-nineties, when the company was founded. These relationships could never have been established without the service service-minded attitude of Northern’s staff and the personnel within Northern’s global network of strategic and commercial business partners.

Corporate structure designed to be responsive
Short lines of communication, interwoven departmental structures, periodical cross-pollination of skill sets; Northern’s corporate structure enables a responsive interface with its customers

Keen understanding for implementation 'edge-cases'
Accommodating the detailed needs of enterprise customers is a familiar activity for Northern’s Technical Consultants and Deployment Engineers

Local technical training support
Through its own offices and those of its authorized business partners; Northern has highly trained technical resources in place in all major markets across the globe