Larry Cormier

Scentric, Inc. provides data management and information technology solutions. Its software addresses large companies for long-term storage needs specifically to bridge the information gap between business users and storage administrators. The company's software optimizes existing storage investments, protecting intellectual capital and translating regulatory requirements into established IT processes. It was founded by Hemant Kurande in 2004 and is headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

NexGen Storage, Inc. operates as a computer data storage company. It offers both Storage QoS for managing performance and Service Levels for critical application performance. The company was founded by John W. Spiers and Kelly C. Long in 2010 and is headquartered in Louisville, CO.

The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) is a non-profit organization based in Santa Clara, CA. SNIA is a trusted authority for storage leadership, standards, and technology expertise worldwide. The private company's mission is to lead the storage industry in developing and promoting vendor-neutral architectures, standards, and educational services that facilitate the efficient management, movement, and security of information. SNIA is committed to delivering standards, education, and services that will propel open storage networking solutions into the broader market. The company provides education, best practices, and technology guides on all matters related to the protection and privacy of data. SNIA embraces open source development and standards in a variety of ways and defines recommended behavior for hardware and software that supports computational storage. The company also defines a standard interface that applications can use to perform iscsi management independent of the vendor of the iscsi hba.

Silver Peak Systems, Inc. provides software defined wide area networks (SD-WANs) solutions. It offers WAN edge security; hybrid WAN; WAN optimization; router replacement; voice and video over broadband; cloud app performance; and multi-cloud networking services. The company was founded by David Hughes in 2004 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

LeftHand Networks, Inc. develops Internet protocol based disk arrays and management software. It offers data storage systems and networks that encompass primary storage and server consolidation, centralized backup and disaster recovery. The company was founded by Bill Chambers in 1999 and is headquartered in Boulder, CO.