Thomas F. Burniece

iVivity, Inc. engages in the development of storage infrastructure components to computer manufacturers. Its product, iDiSX 2000, is used in current and new storage infrastructure product domains, including intelligent storage network switches. The company was founded in November 2000 by Zulfiqar Qazilbash, Sanjay Sehgal, and Sukha Ghosh and is headquartered in Norcross, GA.

NVMdurance Ltd. develops and delivers software that extends the endurance of the non-volatile memory used in solid state disks. The firm offers NVMdurance Navigator, a lightweight fully autonomic system that runs on the controller of SSDs. Its NVMdurance Navigator monitors the condition of the SSD and automatically adjusts the control parameters in real time. The company was founded by Conor Ryan and Joseph Sullivan in 2013 and is headquartered in Limerick, Ireland.

COPAN Systems, Inc. was founded in 2002 by a team of experienced executives from leading storage and technology companies with a vision of creating products that are purpose built for managing the unique requirements of long-term persistent data. As the leader in leveraging the full power of MAID (Massive Array of Idle Disks) technology at the enterprise level its solutions are based on a patented Enterprise MAID architecture that delivers massive scalability and performance with unprecedented affordability. COPAN Systems is privately held company with investment backing by Austin Ventures, Credit Suisse, Globespan Capital Partners, Gold Hill Capital, NTT Leasing Capital (USA), FirstMark Capital, and Presidio STX.

Voelker Technologies, Inc. develops intelligent physical layer switching product. The company is headquartered in Danville, CA

Ciprico, Inc. provides intelligent storage software solutions and appliances for enterprise class information technology servers, professional workstations and digital media workflow. The company was founded in February 1978 and is headquartered in St. Louis Park, MN.