Were very excited about it, says Basil Horanjic, a partner at Austin Ventures, adding that his company actually incubated Copan Systems. Its one of my most exciting companies. [Ed. note: Calm down, Basil!]
Taneja Group analyst Arun Taneja says Copan Systems has taken a very interesting technical approach. They will be participating in the disk-to-disk paradigm, he says. Its the way theyve done it thats quite unique... Theyre doing something quite different.
Since hed spoken with Copan Systems under a nondisclosure agreement, however, Taneja refused to reveal any of the unique details of the startup's backup product.
No matter what this new, unique technology is, it appears to still be fairly early in the development stage. Copan Systems Website announces that the startup is looking to fill three engineering positions immediately. The company is looking for a systems test and integration specialist with Linux and ATA experience; a senior software engineer for storage subsystem development, with focus on Kernel and embedded systems; and a software engineer with rules-based engine development experience.
As for management, Byte and Switch has discovered that David Davenport, the former CEO of SANcastle Technologies Inc., sits in the CEO seat, and that Aloke Guha, formerly VP of corporate architecture at Storage Technology Corp. (StorageTek) (NYSE: STK), holds the position of CTO.
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