Jeff Edwards

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.

IBM Internet Security Systems engages in the provision of information and infrastructure security services. The company is headquartered in White Plains, NY.

Revionics LLC provides end-to-end merchandise optimization solutions including shopper-centric assortments, micro and macro space allocation, pricing, promotions and markdowns. The firm solutions are delivered to retailers on software-as-a-service subscription over the Internet. The company was founded by Jeffrey Scott Smith in 2002 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Atrato, Inc. is revolutionizing the data management and storage markets by challenging the traditional thinking on how to optimize storage. Atrato's autonomic tiered storage architecture solves the productivity challenges created by performance starved applications to overcome the physical limitations of traditional disk I/O systems. Its unique, high performance solutions combine autonomic software, high density spinning disk and tightly integrated SSD technology to deliver unparalleled performance density, scalability, and management, at the industry's lowest operational costs.

NEC Corp. of America provides Information Technology, network and visual display solutions. Its services include server & storage solutions, digital presentation and visual display systems to biometric identification, optical network & microwave radio communications, IP voice and data solutions. The company was founded in July 2006 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

Permabit Technology Corporation develops and delivers data optimization software solutions. Its products and technologies include deduplication index, optimizer, virtual block store and HIOPS compression. The company was founded by Stephen Ellis, Tom Knight, Norm Margolus and Jered J. Floyd in 2000 and it is headquartered in Cambridge, MA.

Hitachi Data Systems Holding Corp. provides modular mid-range and high-end computer data storage systems, software, and services. It offers cloud, bog date analytics, internet of things, converged infrastructure, storage, servers, data protection, application solutions, and industry solutions. The company was founded by Namihei Odaira in 1989 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.