In an article on Reuters last month, Nimble Storage announced that they plan to take the company public later in 2013.  This is great news for engineers like me who recognize the potential of Nimble’s hybrid storage solution, and wish to capitalize on their success.  It’s primary investors are revealed to be Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Accel Partners; considering their past track records, my confidence in the dropping a dime on this public offering becomes ever-increasingly appealing. Read more here: Nimble Storage Plans IPO Later this...

Bizjournals.com did a recent write-up featuring Violin Memory and Pure Storage’s predictions of their own successful future IPOs.  They’re seeking to dodge the fate of their peer, Fusion-IO, who opened strong in 2011, hitting nearly $40 per share just five months after it opened at $19.  Part of Fusion’s declining failure stems from the market’s unwillingness to pay the cost of traditional flash storage. The article goes on to mention companies like Nimble Storage, who feel they’ve found the sweet spot by taking the engine out of the spindles and moving to a “smart” CPU-fueled performance solution. Read the full post here: Violin Memory, Pure Storage Hope to Avoid Fusion IO...

This article on The Register discusses the ongoing rise of Nimble Storage, Tintri, and Tegile and the efforts of the current industry leaders to thwart their efforts with their own hybrid solutions.  Current big storage monsters like EMC, HP, and Dell seek to put Nimble to rest in the next year or two, but Nimble’s current 2000 units sold and 1100 customer base (at the time of the article) shows their potential for staying power. Here’s the link: Backers fatten up flash-disk mutant array, sic it on storage...