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EverGrid: Page 3 of 3

"Its going to be a real challenge for this company to get traction in the marketplace, because everyone and their brother is claiming to be doing something with virtualization these days," warns Haff. "It's hard to keep track of them."

The Fremont, Calif.-based startup currently has around 40 employees, although Anderson expects this number to reach between 60 and 80 by the end of next year, largely thanks to recruitment in sales, marketing, and development.

EverGrid, which was spun out of Linux clustering specialist California Digital back in February 2004, received a $6 million Series B earlier this year, following a "modest amount" of funding at the time of the spin-off. "We have got enough to last for awhile now -- I doubt that we will go out for a big round until the middle of next year, and, even then, it depends on whether we need it or not," says Anderson.

— James Rogers, Senior Editor, Byte and Switch

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