David Dew

COPAN Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 by a team of experienced executives from leading storage and technology companies with a vision of creating products that are purpose built for managing the unique requirements of long-term persistent data. As the leader in leveraging the full power of MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology at the enterprise level its solutions are based on a patented Enterprise MAID architecture that delivers massive scalability and performance with unprecedented affordability. COPAN Systems is privately held company with investment backing by Austin Ventures, Credit Suisse, Globespan Capital Partners, Gold Hill Capital, NTT Leasing Capital (USA), FirstMark Capital, and Presidio STX.

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.

BMC Software, Inc. develops enterprise software. It provides BMC helix service and operations management; truesight IT operations and automation; and automated mainframe intelligence. The firm also provides multi-cloud management; security and compliance; and IT optimization. The company was founded by Scott Boulette, John J. Moores, and Dan Cloer in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.