Geoff Barrall

Tacit Networks, Inc. provides Wide Area File Services (WAFS) solutions. Tacit Networks’ operating system and platform-independent solutions dramatically reduce WAN latency and eliminate WAN roadblocks to global information sharing, allowing distributed enterprises to consolidate storage and deploy centrally managed, low-cost IT services to the branch office while ensuring real-time collaboration over the WAN with all the speed, performance, and reliability of a LAN. It is located South Plainfield, NJ.

Nexsan Corp. develops disk-based storage systems designed for the long-term storage of digital information. It offers Unity that sets the standard for hyper-unified Storage. It enables consumers to mix-and-match high-performance flash with hard disks and to mix block storage for VMware, databases or exchange with file storage for home directories and sharing. The firm also provides back-up and recovery, digital video surveillance, and disaster recovery. The company was founded by Gary Watson and James Molenda in 1999 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

BlueArc Corp. develops and sells clustered network-attached storage systems for storing and managing digital content and unstructured file-based data. The company’s products use a scalable file system that allows for multiple storage appliances (nodes) to be managed as a single pool. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Drobo, Inc. provides data storage products for small and medium businesses and individual professionals. Its products include Drobo Mini, Drobo 5C, Drobo 5D, Drobo 5N, and Drobo B810n. The firm can improve disk-based backup, file sharing, virtualization, and application strategies. The company was founded by Geoff Barrall and Julian Terry in 2004 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Overland Storage, Inc. engages in provision of unified data management and data protection solutions. Its products include snap server, NEO agility, tandberg data, NEO series, snap server video, surveillance solutions, snap scale, and snap storage manager. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

HyperGrid, Inc. engages in the development of a cloud management platform. It offers cloud infrastructure migration, cloud application migration, disaster recovery planning, cloud cost management, and cloud governance solutions. The company was founded by Kelly Murphy, Antoni Sawicki, and Tomasz Nowak in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, CA.

Connected Data, Inc. provides elegantly designed solutions for consumers, professionals, and small businesses to privately share, access and protect their data. It consists of the same storage professionals responsible for creating the mighty bluearc silicon server and the slick drobo storage array. The company was founded by Geoff Barrall, David Mendelson, John Turner and John Winfield in 2011 and is headquartered in Campbell, CA.

Part of Oryx International Growth Fund Ltd., Nevex Software Technologies, Inc. develops software specializing in policy-driven access and authorization management technology. The company is based in Toronto, Canada. Nevex Software Technologies was acquired by Baltimore Technologies Plc on October 01, 2000 for $42.43 million.