Byte and Switch: There seems to be some overlap between InterSAN and Cloverleaf in the storage management software arena, no?
Malavalli: InterSAN does path provisioning, mainly, whereas Cloverleaf is focused on application-aware resource management. There might be a slight overlap, but as long as there's no duplication, it's OK. I host a SAN systems roundtable every two months for all my startup companies and invite the engineers and marketing people from each to talk through what they are doing to make sure they are all working together.
Byte and Switch: Is that something they look forward to, do you think?
Malavalli: Well, I hope so... We meet in the Bay Area, which is closest to where they are all located. The idea of the roundtable is to create a virtual company with individual ecosystem members still maintaining independence in their special area of expertise and product development. The companies can share common tools, which are outside of their intellectual property, and work towards providing an optimum solution.
As a group, we hope to eliminate barriers of adoption by end users, who have a history of looking to large companies for solutions. We also want to eliminate fear and doubt to customers in considering incorporating products from startup companies into their data centers. We are attempting a very innovative technique to make several small companies a virtual large-scale company.
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