Rusty Walther

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

AboveNet Communications, Inc. provides fiber optical connectivity solutions. It provides Internet connectivity solutions for content, Internet service, and application service providers. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

ONI Systems Corp. developed optical networking telecommunications equipment and software. It offered online products that are used in conventional ring network topologies. The company was headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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.

Data Domain LLC provides deduplication storage systems for disk backup, data archiving, disaster recovery and remote office data protection applications. The company was founded in October 2001 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Nortel Networks Corp. supplies end-to-end networking products and solutions serving both service providers and enterprise customers. It designs, develops, engineers, markets, sells, supplies, licenses, installs, services, and supports networking solutions worldwide. The company was founded in 1895 and is headquartered in Mississauga, Canada.