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Where Are They Now? A Look at Past Top 10 Startups: Page 10 of 26

Citrix has also been busy in this space, acquiring XenSource for $500 million last summer, part of a broader plan to tie server, storage, and desktop virtualization together.

Its funding by Citrix may lead Desktone to play some part in Citrix's long-term strategy, either as an acquisition or a technology partner. On the other hand, the vendor has been passed over so far in what seems to be an large-scale consolidation among desktop virtualization startups.

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Next Page: Ocarina Networks

Data compression specialist Ocarina Networks is still in stealth mode, although CEO Murli Thirumale tells Byte and Switch that the vendor's first products are just around the corner.