LeftHand Networks pioneered IP-based
storage area networks (SAN)
in 2001. SANs built using LeftHand's SAN/iQ® software are uniquely able to
distribute and protect data across a cluster of industry-standard storage
servers. The company's patented architecture increases data availability, allows
users to start small and grow the SAN seamlessly, and simplifies management. The
LeftHand SAN is ideal for storage and server consolidation, multi-site SANs, and
disaster recovery. LeftHand SANs are available in the U.S., Canada and
throughout Europe. For more information, contact LeftHand at
info@lefthandnetworks.com.
see also:-
LeftHand
- mentions on StorageSearch.com,
storage market
history
LeftHand Networks was one of more than
500 storage companies
acquired in the same decade.
Within a few years - the cofounders
started a new company NexGen
Storage - whose first products were aimed at the
hybrid flash / HDD
storage market.
That particular story - still being told in
SSD news - had been very
interesting already by 2015.
More reading for you if you're interested.
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Many factors at play in
enterprise SSD market behavior still don't appear as explicit assumptions in SSD
product marketing plans.
One contributory cause for gaps in segmental understanding has been
the continuing pace of disruptive innovation in enterprise SSD-land - which has
meant there hasn't been a stable market template for vendors to follow from one
seemingly chaotic year to the next as they encroach on new markets.
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| HP
Acquires LeftHand Networks |
PALO ALTO, Calif. - October 1, 2008 - HP
today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LeftHand
Networks Inc. for $360 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price
adjustments.
Founded in 1999, LeftHand Networks is privately held and
headquartered in Boulder, Colo. It has 215 employees and more than 500 resellers
and distributors worldwide. The company has more than 11,000 installations
across 3,000 different customers.
HP says the acquisition will
strengthen its midrange iSCSI
product line.
...LeftHand
Networks profile
Editor's comments:- LeftHand Networks
joins my list of 471 gone
away storage companies nestling alphabetically between LapiStor and Legato
Systems.
Some of these have more interesting stories attached to them
than others. Sometimes it's the technology that goes wrong (or never gets
started). But usually acquisitions result from a weakness in marketing. My view
is that most VC funded
storage software
companies - never had a viable standalone business plan in the first place - and
getting acquired was always part of the thinking. I can only judge by what I've
seen.
A few weeks ago StorageMojo - Robin Harris - published
an informative blog about the
demise of YottaYotta.
It can be interesting to read about
storage people and be
inspired by their success or learn from their mistakes.
Phil Soran,
president and CEO of Compellent
came up with a sharp comment about HP acquiring LeftHand. "HP's intent to
acquire LeftHand Networks, similar to
Dell's purchase of
EqualLogic last
November,
demonstrates legacy vendors' approach to meeting the needs of the mid-sized
enterprise market: buy someone else's technology and try to fit it into
an existing product portfolio, which leads customers to a rip-and-replace
strategy as they grow. While this may be easier for the vendors than developing
their own scalable infrastructure, it is certainly not better for customers." | | | |
