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Springtime Top Ten: Page 7 of 17

All in all, we sense the ducks on the Arc are in a row.

Hanging in at No. 3 is storage management and virtualization software startup DataCore Software Corp.

Again, customers win the day, and DataCore has an army of them, including hospitals, insurance and financial firms, publishing houses, retailers, and telecommunications companies. Not testing it out. They're paying for the product.

It also has a major, global OEM deal in the pipeline that will put to rest any concern over the term sheet of its last round. Expect this to be announced within the next 30 days. [Ed note: We can't say any more, or we might wake up with a horse's head in the bed.]

Nishan Systems Inc. slides down a couple of places to No. 4, partly because the company doesn't call us anymore, and we hate that.