Tim Pitcher

Acopia Networks, Inc. provides data file management. The company provides networking products, which include automatic, policy-driven, data migration, tiering, load balancing and replication across multi vendor storage environments. Its products include intelligent file virtualization which integrates into existing Network Attached Storage (NAS), Windows, UNIX and Linux environments. The company was founded by Cheng Wu in December, 2002 and is headquartered in Lowell, MA.

3PAR, Inc. provides utility storage solutions. It also provides platform for the delivery of enterprise IT as a utility service. The company was founded by Jeffrey Price and Ashok Singhal in 1999 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

SolidFire, Inc. provided and develops cloud computing storage platform. The firm delivered data storage systems for cloud service providers. Its solutions included Vmware, SolidFire Agile Infrastructure, Cloud Orchestration, database, and virtual desktop infrastructure. The firm specialized on all-flash scale-out storage architecture with patented volume-level quality-of-service controls. The company was founded by David Wright in 2009 and was headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Spider Networks, Inc. focus on technology solutions that help customers to maintain agile and scalable. It offers networking solutions, security solutions, user remote helpdesk suport and network monitoring services. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive the evolution of storage. NetApp® storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments. Major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo!, utilize NetApp global data management solutions