Watch for this message over and over from Network Appliance in the coming months: "CIOs like to worry about business problems, not technology," Hitz says. "Our goal should be to let them build and manage network storage infrastructures without having to worry about the evolving technical details of NAS and SAN."
An admirable goal. Will he help NetApp achieve it? We shall see.
Geoff Barrall
Holding tight at No. 9 on our list is Dr. Geoff "Golden Boy" Barrall, CTO and cofounder of BlueArc Corp.
He's not just a pretty face. In addition to holding a PhD in cybernetics which is beyond cool Barrall, 33, has already founded a bunch of companies: VCI Systems, Network Alliance, Palomino Networks, and BlueArc.
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