Michael Malcolm

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

Auspex Systems, Inc. develops, manufactures, distributes and supports a line of multi-protocol (NFS(1), CIFS(2) and FTP(3)) Network Attached Storage (“NAS”) devices also referred to as network file servers, network filers, NAS Gateways and NAS Heads (Network Attached Storage Gateways which utilize any storage connected to the SAN fabric). The products are predominantly based on internally developed software and are portable to standard industry processor boards, which can be deployed in a variety of packaging

Network Appliance, Inc. (NetApp) is a world leader in unified storage solutions for today's data-intensive enterprise. Since its inception in 1992, Network Appliance has pioneered technology, product, and partner firsts that continue to drive the evolution of storage. NetApp® storage solutions include specialized hardware, software, and services, providing seamless storage management for open network environments. Major corporations and service providers, including Citicorp Securities, Lockheed, Merrill Lynch, Oracle, Texas Instruments, and Yahoo!, utilize NetApp global data management solutions

Blue Coat Systems, Inc. engages in the business of designing, developing, and selling a family of proxy and other appliances, and related software and services that secure, accelerate, and optimize the delivery of business applications, web content, and other information to distributed users over a wide area network or across an enterprise’s gateway to the public internet. It operates through the following geographical segments: Americas; Europe, Middle East, and Africa; and Asia and Pacific. The Americas segment includes North America, Central America, and Latin America. The company was founded on March 13, 1996 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.

Kaleidescape, Inc. provides catalog of movies and music through a customer's home system. The firm’s products include encore, premiere, movie store and iPad app. The company was founded by Michael Malcolm and Cheena Srinivasan in 2001 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.