Gary Gentry

Atrato, Inc. is revolutionizing the data management and storage markets by challenging the traditional thinking on how to optimize storage. Atrato's autonomic tiered storage architecture solves the productivity challenges created by performance starved applications to overcome the physical limitations of traditional disk I/O systems. Its unique, high performance solutions combine autonomic software, high density spinning disk and tightly integrated SSD technology to deliver unparalleled performance density, scalability, and management, at the industry's lowest operational costs.

Seagate Technology Plc engages in the development, production, and distribution of data storage products and electronic data storage solutions. Its products include hard disk drives, solid state hybrid drives, solid state drives, peripheral component interconnect express cards, serial advanced technology attachment controllers, storage subsystems and computing solutions. The firm offers its products under the Backup Plus and Expansion product lines, and Maxtor and LaCie brands. The company was founded by Finis Conner, Syed Iftikar, Doug Mahon, David Thomas Mitchell, and Alan F. Shugart in 1978 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

Storage Genetics, Inc. provides computer storage devices for the mobile, consumer electronics and information technology industries. It offers flash memory devices to store data. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Longmont, CO.

Maxtor Corp. makes hard disk drives used in PCs used by manufacturers such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Fujitsu Siemens and IBM. Its drives are also used in servers and consumer electronics. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, CA.