Frank Denneman

PernixData, Inc. develops flash storage virtualization. It provides an enterprise-class software platform for application acceleration. The company develops a software-defined Flash Virtualization Platform that virtualizes server-side flash into a scale-out data tier for enterprise data centers. PernixData was founded in February 2012 by Poojan Kumar and Satyam Vaghani and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

VMware, Inc. engages in the provision of cloud infrastructure and business mobility. Its products include Software-Defined Data Center, Hybrid Cloud Computing, and End-User Computing. It supports modernizing data centers, integrating public clouds, empowering digital workspaces and transforming security. The company was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.