Richard W. Rinehart

Silicon Graphics International Corp. provided technical computing solutions. The firm also engaged in the developing, marketing, and selling of broad line servers, enterprise-class storage hardware, differentiating software and designed to order solutions for large-scale deployments. It offers installation, support, customer education and professional services. The company was founded in 1999 by Jim Clark and was headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.

Storage Technology Corp. manufactured computer storage systems. It designed, developed and delivered easy-to-use storage solutions that help customers manage and protect business critical information throughout its lifecycle, from creation to archival and deletion. The company's storage solutions included a combination of software, services and a variety of storage formats: primary disk, ATA disk, access tape and capacity tape. It was founded in 1969 and was headquartered in Louisville, CO.

Sun Microsystems, Inc. provides network computing infrastructure solutions. It offers its solutions under the Java technology platform, Solaris Operating System, MySQL database management system, Sun StorageTek storage solutions, and UltraSPARC processor brands. The company also develops networking computing products and technologies which include servers, storage, open source software, tools, and training. The company provides solutions to the social networking, entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, healthcare, retail, news, energy, and engineering companies. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.