Actually, the credit for correctly spotting the gap in the market for a way to provide heterogeneous file-based storage to multiple different operating systems does not go to Network Appliance, as most people think. This prize must go to Auspex Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: ASPX).
Who? Exactly.
We can thank Network Appliance for commercializing NAS technology and creating a multibillion-dollar industry. In other words, technology clout alone doesnt cut it on this list or any of our lists, come to think of it. Business acumen is a must.
Hitz started out at Auspex, but for one reason or another he was being held back over there and quit to do things his own way. It worked out, and he's credited with being one of the driving forces behind NetApp's considerable achievement to date.
He's not done yet. He believes NetApp's new block-based storage subsystem and integrated caching products (coming in the fall) will increase the company's addressable market four or five times, as well as contribute to higher margins for the company.
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