To move upmarket and improve its appeal to larger enterprises, LeftHand acquired North Fork, which provides it with clustering software that enables it to pool its boxes so they appear as one giant, mainframe-like system. Is that cool, or what? This means companies that wish to start small can do so, but with the assurance that they can augment the system as needed.
The one reservation we have about LeftHand, which is why it didn't make it onto the list sooner, is that its technology is proprietary. That is to say, you can only pool LeftHand boxes into this cluster, which must be managed separately from the rest of your storage. However, this does not appear to be deterring LeftHand's customers, of which there are about a dozen, including MetaSolv Software Inc. (Nasdaq: MSLV), Leopard, and Denver Health.
To move them up the list, though, we will need to see evidence of LeftHand working with partners and interoperating more with other storage technology.
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