Top Ten Private Storage Networking Companies
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byteandswitch.com
June 13, 2001
A brand new Website deserves a brand new Top 10 list, we always say.
Its not a new concept, of course. We borrowed the idea for a Top 10 list from our sister publication, Light Reading. (They, in turn, pinched it off some TV guy.)
Welcome, then, to our Top 10 Private Storage Networking Companies. These are the companies we think are most likely to make it to the equity finish line – either via a fat IPO or a nice juicy acquisition. Finding most of them wasn’t hard, given that for the most part they’re the companies that are causing the biggest buzz in the storage networking industry.
Several themes emerged during the research for these rankings. No fewer than five of the companies we picked are building systems that combine Fibre Channel and IP technology. Three of them cite Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: BRCD) as their number one competitor. Four say they’re gunning for EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC).
Not all the list’s leitmotive are positive. Despite the buzz around Cereva and 3Par, both companies are reportedly suffering from the funding malaise that is rampant in the tech industry as a whole – hence their places lower down our league table.
