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The Top Ten Byte and Switch SAN Stories: Page 14 of 14

The brightest and most interesting star in the stuffy old storage market in 2001 came in the guise of almost a hundred new startups in this sector – many of them backed by top-tier venture capital firms and Wall Street players. Of course, along with all the real innovators came the inevitable bandwagon-jumpers (yee-haw!) and VCs looking to make a fast buck. The shakeout will be brutal – many analysts think it’s already started.

Here’s the Byte and Switch list of the Top Ten private companies that we think will make it to the finish line either via an IPO or acquisition (hopefully in 2002!):

The New Top Ten

— Jo Maitland, Senior Editor, and Stephen Saunders, Founding Editor, Byte and Switch
http://www.byteandswitch.com