Some of these companies include Active Storage, BlueArc, DataDirect Networks, EditShare, Facilis and Rorke Data (now part of Avnet).

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Based on what he did at BlueArc, I would not be surprised if lightning strikes twice in the same place.

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Connected Data is led by serial entrepreneur and storage industry veteran Geoff Barrall and an experienced team of professionals previously responsible for the high-performance BlueArc Silicon Server and the popular Drobo storage array.

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