
Looking For Winners: Investment In Storage Continues Unabated
No one ever said being a storage startup is easy. The industry is one in flux, where it sometimes feels that two new vendors pop up for every vendor that closes or gets acquired. No matter how many storage vendors get acquired or get lost in the dust, and no matter how few actually make it to the IPO stage, there is one constant: More storage-focused companies will get investment dollars and try for glory.
Investors are finding no lack of storage startups in which to place their hopes, whether those companies are developing general purpose storage, storage for specific applications, or storage for the clouds.
Here's a look at 10 independent startup storage developers that only recently either came out of stealth or introduced their first products.