HP StorageWorks

HP and their predecessor, the Compaq Corporation,[1] has developed some of industry-first storage technologies to simplify network storage.

[2] HP Storage announced in August 2011:[3] Many models have been rebadged from Brocade Communications Systems, Cisco, Emulex, and QLogic.

[citation needed] PolyServe was founded in 2004[4] by Michael Callahan, serving as chief technology officer, and Carter George, serving as Vice-President, as "a software company in Portland, specializing in database and file serving.

"[5] HP, when it bought Compaq, acquired its StorageWorks;[1] HP, when it bought PolyServe, placed its 100+ employees within StorageWorks.

[6][7] An example[4] of PolyServe's value is that a large British government agency which had 14 idle backup servers