Dell

Dell Technologies, established in 1984, is a leading American multinational technology company. Headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, it designs, develops, manufactures, markets, sells, and supports a wide array of IT hardware, software, and services solutions globally. Dell's product portfolio includes personal computers, servers, storage devices, networking products, displays, and security solutions. It operates through three main segments: Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), Client Solutions Group (CSG), and VMware. Dell serves both consumers and businesses, offering essential infrastructure for digital transformation and empowering customers to move forward. The company's success is driven by its customers and team members, with a robust ecosystem of component and assembly partners, and heavy reliance on channel partners for sales fulfillment.

Gregg Adkin

Managing Director

Scott Bevan

Senior Director, Business Strategy and Operations

Marik Brockman

Client Principal

Cameron Chehreh

CTO and Vice President - Dell Technologies Federal systems

Michael Dell

CEO

Daniel Docter

Managing Director

Ted Gillick

Senior Vice President, Corporate Development

Chris Hillock

Vice President, Portfolio Development

Raman Khanna

Managing Director

Deepak Jeevankumar

Managing Director

Elana Lian

Partner

Diego Majdalani

President of Channels for International Markets and Vice President and General Manager, Latin America

Radhika Malik

Principal

Denise Millard

Chief Partner Officer

Shlomi Podgaetz

Strategy and Operations Transformation Director

Yair Snir

Managing Director

Frank Wang

Principal

Alon Weinberg

Director

Past deals in Storage Services

MinIO

Series B in 2022
MinIO, Inc. is a developer of a high-performance, open-source object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. Founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in providing a Kubernetes-native object store optimized for cloud-native workloads. MinIO's platform is designed to support the growing demands of unstructured data, allowing enterprises to manage various workloads such as machine learning, analytics, and data backup from a single solution. It enables application developers to create their own cloud storage systems for diverse data types, including images, videos, and log files, while ensuring portability across both public and private cloud environments. Additionally, MinIO offers a public play server that allows developers and system administrators to familiarize themselves with S3-compatible object storage.

VAST Data

Series D in 2021
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

VAST Data

Series C in 2020
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

VAST Data

Series B in 2019
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

CNEX Labs

Series D in 2018
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

DataFrameworks

Acquisition in 2018
DataFrameworks, Inc. is a software development company specializing in file management solutions, particularly through its flagship product, ClarityNow. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Agoura Hills, California, the company operates as a subsidiary of Dell Technologies. ClarityNow enables enterprise users to efficiently locate, utilize, and organize files while providing IT administrators with tools for managing storage infrastructure, monitoring usage, and making informed decisions about future purchases. Since its beta release in 2010, ClarityNow has gained traction in various sectors, particularly in media and entertainment and life sciences, serving notable clients such as Technicolor, Deluxe, Illumina, DreamWorks Animation, and Sony. DataFrameworks emphasizes a customer-centric approach, fostering direct feedback that informs its management and product development.

CNEX Labs

Series D in 2018
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

VAST Data

Series A in 2018
VAST Data, Inc. specializes in developing innovative data storage solutions, offering a universal storage platform that integrates Intel’s Optane SSDs as a cache for data stored on quad-level cell (QLC) SSDs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in San Jose, VAST Data serves various industries, including animation, visual effects, deep learning, and enterprise backup recovery. The platform is designed to accelerate time-to-insight for workload-intensive applications, providing scalable performance, simple data management, and improved productivity for AI-driven organizations. Since its launch in 2019, VAST Data has gained recognition as a rapidly growing player in the data infrastructure sector.

MinIO

Series A in 2017
MinIO, Inc. is a developer of a high-performance, open-source object storage server that is compatible with Amazon S3 APIs. Founded in 2014 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in providing a Kubernetes-native object store optimized for cloud-native workloads. MinIO's platform is designed to support the growing demands of unstructured data, allowing enterprises to manage various workloads such as machine learning, analytics, and data backup from a single solution. It enables application developers to create their own cloud storage systems for diverse data types, including images, videos, and log files, while ensuring portability across both public and private cloud environments. Additionally, MinIO offers a public play server that allows developers and system administrators to familiarize themselves with S3-compatible object storage.

Elastifile

Series C in 2017
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Primary Data

Series B in 2017
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Iguazio

Series B in 2017
Iguazio is a data science platform designed to assist enterprises in developing, deploying, and managing AI applications on a large scale. By enabling real-time execution of AI models, it supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform facilitates the analysis of diverse data sources to generate actionable insights, allowing organizations to effectively leverage AI for business transformation. Additionally, Iguazio accelerates the transition of AI projects into practical applications, streamlining the development of automated machine learning pipelines and significantly reducing the time needed to realize tangible business value from AI initiatives.

Nexenta Systems

Series G in 2016
Nexenta Systems, Inc. specializes in software-defined storage solutions, providing a comprehensive suite of products designed for cloud and virtualization environments. The company's flagship offerings include NexentaStor, which delivers file and block storage services for enterprise applications, NexentaCloud for optimizing virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, and NexentaEdge, an object storage platform that facilitates data retrieval without knowledge of its physical location. Additionally, NexentaFusion offers analytics and orchestration capabilities, enhancing the management of complex compute systems and data stores. With a focus on open-source driven software-defined storage, Nexenta serves over 6,000 customers and collaborates with a global network of partners, including major technology firms. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nexenta operates as a subsidiary of DataDirect Networks, Inc., continuing to innovate in the storage industry while providing organizations with flexible, vendor-neutral solutions.

Nasuni

Series E in 2016
Nasuni Corporation is a provider of enterprise cloud file storage solutions, designed to address the challenges associated with the growth of unstructured file data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and North Carolina, Nasuni offers its proprietary Nasuni UniFS, a cloud-native global file system that consolidates and protects file data in an easily expandable cloud infrastructure. This platform serves as a modern replacement for traditional network-attached storage and file server systems, simplifying IT administration by eliminating the need for complex legacy backup and disaster recovery solutions. Nasuni’s services cater to various industries, including architecture, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, enabling organizations to efficiently store, share, and access their files from anywhere, whether in the office or remotely.

Elastifile

Series B in 2016
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Elastifile

Series B in 2016
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Iguazio

Series A in 2015
Iguazio is a data science platform designed to assist enterprises in developing, deploying, and managing AI applications on a large scale. By enabling real-time execution of AI models, it supports deployment across various environments, including multi-cloud, on-premises, and edge locations. The platform facilitates the analysis of diverse data sources to generate actionable insights, allowing organizations to effectively leverage AI for business transformation. Additionally, Iguazio accelerates the transition of AI projects into practical applications, streamlining the development of automated machine learning pipelines and significantly reducing the time needed to realize tangible business value from AI initiatives.

Dell EMC

Acquisition in 2015
Dell EMC, a subsidiary of Dell Technologies, specializes in providing essential IT infrastructure for businesses worldwide. They offer a range of products and services, including converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity solutions, designed to help enterprises transform their IT and digital business operations. Dell EMC's portfolio enables customers to manage, protect, and analyze data efficiently, with a focus on hybrid cloud and big-data solutions. They serve a diverse client base, from startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries and sectors. Dell EMC's global presence spans 180 countries, making it a trusted partner for businesses seeking to build their digital future.

Exablox

Series C in 2015
Exablox Corporation specializes in developing data storage solutions designed for commercial applications. The company offers OneBlox, a hybrid converged storage appliance that integrates object storage architecture with the performance of flash storage and the simplicity of network attached storage. In addition, Exablox provides OneSystem, a cloud-based storage management service that facilitates efficient data management. Their solutions feature inline deduplication, continuous data protection, disaster recovery, and support for various sectors, including higher education, healthcare, insurance, and legal services. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Exablox aims to address the challenges of high storage costs and complex data management. As of 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of StorageCraft Technology Corporation.

Nexenta Systems

Series F in 2015
Nexenta Systems, Inc. specializes in software-defined storage solutions, providing a comprehensive suite of products designed for cloud and virtualization environments. The company's flagship offerings include NexentaStor, which delivers file and block storage services for enterprise applications, NexentaCloud for optimizing virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, and NexentaEdge, an object storage platform that facilitates data retrieval without knowledge of its physical location. Additionally, NexentaFusion offers analytics and orchestration capabilities, enhancing the management of complex compute systems and data stores. With a focus on open-source driven software-defined storage, Nexenta serves over 6,000 customers and collaborates with a global network of partners, including major technology firms. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nexenta operates as a subsidiary of DataDirect Networks, Inc., continuing to innovate in the storage industry while providing organizations with flexible, vendor-neutral solutions.

CNEX Labs

Series B in 2015
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

Exablox

Series C in 2015
Exablox Corporation specializes in developing data storage solutions designed for commercial applications. The company offers OneBlox, a hybrid converged storage appliance that integrates object storage architecture with the performance of flash storage and the simplicity of network attached storage. In addition, Exablox provides OneSystem, a cloud-based storage management service that facilitates efficient data management. Their solutions feature inline deduplication, continuous data protection, disaster recovery, and support for various sectors, including higher education, healthcare, insurance, and legal services. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Exablox aims to address the challenges of high storage costs and complex data management. As of 2017, it operates as a subsidiary of StorageCraft Technology Corporation.

Formation Data Systems

Series A in 2014
Formation Data Systems, Inc. specializes in a converged data platform that delivers data virtualization solutions, combining block, file, and object storage across various media, including flash, disk, and cloud environments. The company's flagship product, FormationOne, offers a hyper-scale software-defined storage solution that integrates the agility and cost-effectiveness of public cloud services with the security and customization needed for private data centers. Formation Data Systems provides essential features such as data reduplication, quality of service, disaster recovery, data tiering, and archiving, making its platform suitable for enterprise IT, SaaS applications, and service providers with significant data requirements. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Fremont, California, the company also has locations in San Francisco and Boulder, Colorado.

Nexenta Systems

Series E in 2014
Nexenta Systems, Inc. specializes in software-defined storage solutions, providing a comprehensive suite of products designed for cloud and virtualization environments. The company's flagship offerings include NexentaStor, which delivers file and block storage services for enterprise applications, NexentaCloud for optimizing virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, and NexentaEdge, an object storage platform that facilitates data retrieval without knowledge of its physical location. Additionally, NexentaFusion offers analytics and orchestration capabilities, enhancing the management of complex compute systems and data stores. With a focus on open-source driven software-defined storage, Nexenta serves over 6,000 customers and collaborates with a global network of partners, including major technology firms. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nexenta operates as a subsidiary of DataDirect Networks, Inc., continuing to innovate in the storage industry while providing organizations with flexible, vendor-neutral solutions.

Nasuni

Series D in 2014
Nasuni Corporation is a provider of enterprise cloud file storage solutions, designed to address the challenges associated with the growth of unstructured file data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and North Carolina, Nasuni offers its proprietary Nasuni UniFS, a cloud-native global file system that consolidates and protects file data in an easily expandable cloud infrastructure. This platform serves as a modern replacement for traditional network-attached storage and file server systems, simplifying IT administration by eliminating the need for complex legacy backup and disaster recovery solutions. Nasuni’s services cater to various industries, including architecture, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, enabling organizations to efficiently store, share, and access their files from anywhere, whether in the office or remotely.

CNEX Labs

Series A in 2014
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

Primary Data

Series B in 2014
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Elastifile

Series A in 2014
Elastifile specializes in innovative data storage and management solutions that cater to the needs of enterprises operating in cloud and hybrid cloud environments. The company offers a distributed file system designed for scalability and high performance, which integrates object tiering to facilitate unified access to global data. By eliminating traditional storage silos, Elastifile empowers organizations to move applications seamlessly across various cloud platforms, enabling them to fully utilize cloud infrastructure for diverse data-driven workflows, such as analytics, DevOps, and high-performance computing. Its technology combines elements of cloud services, virtualization, and data communications to create a cohesive storage solution, helping clients adapt to and thrive in the evolving cloud landscape.

Primary Data

Series B in 2013
Primary Data, founded in 2013 and based in Sandy, Utah, specializes in intelligence and automation software for enterprise data management, facilitating seamless integration between on-premises IT infrastructure and cloud environments. The company's flagship platform, DataSphere, utilizes metadata management and machine learning to optimize data movement within a global namespace. It enables organizations managing large data volumes to efficiently handle billions of files, automate data migration processes, and improve cloud integration while enhancing network-attached storage (NAS) performance. By ensuring that the right data is accessible to the right applications at the right time, Primary Data helps enterprises maximize the value of their infrastructure investments.

Nexenta Systems

Series E in 2013
Nexenta Systems, Inc. specializes in software-defined storage solutions, providing a comprehensive suite of products designed for cloud and virtualization environments. The company's flagship offerings include NexentaStor, which delivers file and block storage services for enterprise applications, NexentaCloud for optimizing virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, and NexentaEdge, an object storage platform that facilitates data retrieval without knowledge of its physical location. Additionally, NexentaFusion offers analytics and orchestration capabilities, enhancing the management of complex compute systems and data stores. With a focus on open-source driven software-defined storage, Nexenta serves over 6,000 customers and collaborates with a global network of partners, including major technology firms. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Jose, California, Nexenta operates as a subsidiary of DataDirect Networks, Inc., continuing to innovate in the storage industry while providing organizations with flexible, vendor-neutral solutions.

CNEX Labs

Seed Round in 2013
CNEX Labs, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor storage solutions, specializing in NVMe PCIe SSD controller ASICs that support LightNVM/Open-Channel operations. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company also has offices in Copenhagen, Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Tokyo. CNEX's products are designed for cloud, hyperscale, and enterprise data centers, offering high performance, low and predictable latency, and flexibility for software-defined storage. The controllers facilitate enhanced capabilities in big data computing and analytics, allowing customers to create differentiated SSD solutions across various form factors such as M.2, U.2, and EDSFF. By partnering with solid-state storage manufacturers and systems customers, CNEX Labs aims to drive innovation in storage technologies necessary for modern data demands.

Kitenga

Acquisition in 2013
Kitenga is a privately-held company located in Santa Clara, California, specializing in data storage technology services. The company offers a software platform designed to help organizations navigate the complexities of information overload in the era of Big Data. By transforming large volumes of unstructured and semi-structured data into actionable intelligence, Kitenga enables enterprises to effectively monetize and utilize their data resources. This solution reflects extensive experience in overcoming analytics challenges faced by both commercial enterprises and national security/intelligence agencies.

Skyera

Series B in 2013
Skyera specializes in providing affordable flash memory solutions for enterprise solid-state storage systems. The company's Skyhawk series is engineered to deliver high performance and low power consumption, making it suitable for a wide range of applications such as cloud computing, big data, mobility, and social networking. By focusing on cost-effective solutions, Skyera aims to enhance the efficiency of enterprise storage systems while meeting the demands of modern data-driven environments.

Nasuni

Series C in 2012
Nasuni Corporation is a provider of enterprise cloud file storage solutions, designed to address the challenges associated with the growth of unstructured file data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and North Carolina, Nasuni offers its proprietary Nasuni UniFS, a cloud-native global file system that consolidates and protects file data in an easily expandable cloud infrastructure. This platform serves as a modern replacement for traditional network-attached storage and file server systems, simplifying IT administration by eliminating the need for complex legacy backup and disaster recovery solutions. Nasuni’s services cater to various industries, including architecture, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, enabling organizations to efficiently store, share, and access their files from anywhere, whether in the office or remotely.

Maginatics

Series A in 2011
Maginatics is a provider of distributed enterprise storage solutions, focusing on modernizing and simplifying storage for businesses. Their flagship platform, MagFS, delivers functionality similar to network-attached storage, making it suitable for environments where traditional NAS is unavailable or impractical. The software-only solution integrates the benefits of object storage, enhancing agility and cost-effectiveness while meeting stringent security, scalability, and data accessibility requirements. Maginatics addresses critical business needs, including secure file sharing, collaboration, and seamless migration to cloud environments. Their technology caters to a wide range of applications across various industries, including life sciences, media and entertainment, and large-scale web services, enabling both traditional and mobile users to operate without disrupting existing workflows. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Maginatics aims to provide innovative storage solutions that facilitate large-scale workloads and optimize enterprise data management.

Compellent Technologies

Acquisition in 2010
Compellent Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing enterprise storage software and hardware solutions aimed at automating data movement and management. The company offers several key products, including Fluid Data Storage, an enterprise storage platform, and Fluid Data Architecture, which provides granular data management capabilities. Additionally, Compellent's Storage Center 5.4 enables enterprises to adapt to evolving business needs. The company's innovative Storage Area Network (SAN) is designed to reduce capital expenditures on storage and infrastructure while ensuring continuous data availability and enabling storage virtualization.

Ocarina Networks

Acquisition in 2010
Ocarina Networks specializes in online storage optimization solutions, enabling customers to significantly enhance their data storage capacity. Through its innovative file-aware optimization technology, Ocarina allows organizations to store up to ten times more data on their existing storage systems, regardless of the vendor. The company's ECOsystem technology employs advanced deduplication and compression algorithms to efficiently extract and optimize data, specifically targeting large, media-rich files that other solutions may struggle to handle. Ocarina's product offerings include optimization appliances, the ECOreader software for accessing optimized files, and ECOvault, a hyper-compressed archival solution. This unique approach positions Ocarina as a leader in the field of storage optimization, helping businesses reduce their storage footprint while maximizing efficiency.

Exanet

Acquisition in 2010
Exanet Ltd. designs network attached storage systems. It offers ExaStore, a solution with a clustered distributed file system; ExaSync software that offers a method of protecting and recovering data, providing mirroring between local or remote ExaStore systems; and EX1500, an integrated server pre-installed with the ExaStore clustered distributed storage operating system. The company also provides ExaAdmin, a Web-based console and command-line interface that offers centralized configuration, management, and monitoring of ExaStore clustered storage solution from a single point; ExaStore, which provides monitoring for the cluster status, filesystem performance, and protocol information; and ExaVolumes that offers on-demand provisioning, which allows administrators to allocate capacity independently of physical storage configuration. In addition, it offers ExaSnapshots, which offers online point-in-time data protection; ExaRestore that allows administrators to recover data sets in one step. Further, the company’s solutions include data protection, digital media, disaster recovery, global content delivery, high performance computing, hosted storage services, technical applications, and Web services. It serves media and entertainment, telecom and service providers, Internet, manufacturing and imaging, enterprise, education, government, software and semiconductor industries. Exanet Ltd. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Ra'anana, Israel with offices in United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, and Japan.

Fusion-io

Series B in 2009
Fusion-io specializes in enterprise storage architecture and I/O solutions that enhance data processing speeds. The company's core offerings include the ioDrive, a non-volatile solid-state storage device utilizing NAND technology, and the ioMemory virtual storage layer, which serves as a flash-optimized operating system subsystem for the enterprise flash sector. Additionally, Fusion-io provides the ioSphere platform, a software management solution designed for server-attached storage-class memory. Their technology is employed by a diverse range of clients, including e-commerce companies, social media firms, and Fortune Global 500 enterprises, all of which leverage Fusion-io's solutions to improve the performance and efficiency of their data centers, thereby accelerating critical applications essential to the information economy.

The Networked Storage Company

Acquisition in 2007
The Networked Storage Company Limited operates as an information technology consulting company. The company offers its services in the areas of information storage, information management, and process re-engineering. It offers its services to media, financial services, retail, manufacturing, automotive, and consumer goods industries. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Epsom, United Kingdom. As of February 19, 2008, The Networked Storage Company Limited operates as a subsidiary of Dell Inc.

EqualLogic

Acquisition in 2007
EqualLogic is a provider of data storage solutions, specializing in iSCSI-based storage area networks (SAN). Founded in 1984, the company offers a range of products designed for data management and enterprise mobility. Its key offerings include the PS Series Architecture, which facilitates consolidated networked storage within a self-managing iSCSI SAN, as well as enterprise data services that focus on storage virtualization, server management, and data protection. The PS6000 and PS4000 Series arrays enable effective data storage consolidation, while the PS storage stack allows users to configure storage pools or tiers to optimize performance and capacity based on specific application needs. EqualLogic has secured a total of $47 million in funding.

BlueArc

Series C in 2001
BlueArc is a prominent provider of high-performance unified network storage systems catering to enterprise and data-intensive markets, including electronic discovery, entertainment, federal government, higher education, Internet services, oil and gas, and life sciences. The company specializes in storage hardware that supports both network-attached storage (NAS) and storage area network (SAN) services on a converged platform. Its offerings include SiliconFS, a file system engine designed for efficient data movement, and a suite of software tools that enhance the performance of its storage solutions. Additionally, BlueArc provides JetClone, a system software for virtual environments utilizing a VMDK file structure, along with tiered storage solutions that facilitate the consolidation and deployment of various storage types within its network-attached storage systems. BlueArc was acquired by HDS in September 2011.

StorageApps

Venture Round in 2000
StorageApps is a company that specializes in developing and marketing network storage solutions. Founded in 1998 and based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company offers a range of products that facilitate interoperability between various storage and server systems. Their solutions support the deployment and centralized management of storage networks, allowing for the virtualization of storage capacity and the remote mirroring of data. Additionally, StorageApps provides applications and appliances that enable customers to connect different types of storage devices to servers across diverse connection types. Previously known as RAID Power Services, StorageApps aims to deliver comprehensive solutions for storage-based network services.

Nishan Systems

Series C in 2000
Nishan Systems, founded in 1998 and based in San Jose, California, specializes in the development of switches and adapters that utilize internet protocol and gigabit ethernet technologies. The company's products are designed to facilitate the transfer of large data blocks between servers and storage devices, enhancing overall storage networking capabilities. Nishan Systems' offerings include adapters and switches that support iSCSI, iFCP, and E-Port for trunking, allowing customers to connect to both internet protocol backbones and legacy fiber channel networks. In August 2003, Nishan Systems was acquired by McDATA Corporation.

StorageApps

Venture Round in 2000
StorageApps is a company that specializes in developing and marketing network storage solutions. Founded in 1998 and based in Bridgewater, New Jersey, the company offers a range of products that facilitate interoperability between various storage and server systems. Their solutions support the deployment and centralized management of storage networks, allowing for the virtualization of storage capacity and the remote mirroring of data. Additionally, StorageApps provides applications and appliances that enable customers to connect different types of storage devices to servers across diverse connection types. Previously known as RAID Power Services, StorageApps aims to deliver comprehensive solutions for storage-based network services.

StorageNetworks

Series C in 2000
StorageNetworks, Inc. specializes in data storage management software and services aimed at optimizing storage environments for businesses. The company offers a range of services, including professional assistance in designing and implementing networked storage infrastructures, as well as standalone software solutions like STORos StorageManager. This application functions as a storage resource management tool, helping enterprises manage their data storage systems more effectively. Although the company previously provided managed services for data management in various facilities, it exited that business in 2003. Following this shift, StorageNetworks' Board of Directors initiated a plan for complete liquidation and dissolution. Founded in 1998 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company faced competition from industry leaders in the storage and networking sectors.

Backup

Venture Round in 1999
Backup operates as an online storage and backup service.

ConvergeNet

Acquisition in 1999
ConvergeNet is a technology company that provides storage management solutions to its clients. The company creates modular designs that gives IT managers the flexibility to choose from multiple data storage, connectivity and protocol options. Its storage management solutions are intended for mission-critical information that provides manageability, reliability, performance, flexibility, and scalability. ConvergeNet is based in San Jose, California.
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