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Isilon

Sujal Patel

Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel building mysterious biotech startup, backed by Andreessen Horowitz

Sujal Patel has seen a world-changing trend coming before. In 2001, in his mid-20s, he founded data storage technology company… Read More

Sujal Patel

Tech Moves: Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel joins Bay Area VC firm; Wrench adds Redfin exec to board

Sujal Patel, a longtime Seattle-area investor and co-founder of Isilon Systems, has joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Defy… Read More

Seattle startup ioCurrents raises $5M to bring big data to the high seas

For Cosmo King, maritime data is both personal and professional. King grew up sailing in Virginia and is now the owner… Read More

One of Seattle’s most successful startup founders leaves Uber to launch secretive robotics startup

Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber… Read More

Unicorn envy: Where is Seattle’s next billion-dollar idea?

View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion… Read More

Former F5 Networks and Isilon technology executive Brett Helsel passes away at the age of 54

Brett Helsel, who played a key role in shaping the Seattle technology community through senior engineering roles at F5 Networks… Read More

Tech Moves: Xbox vet joins 9Slides; Blessington lands at ExtraHop; Mixpo bolsters team

Aaron Khoo has joined Redmond online presentation startup 9Slides as director of engineering. Khoo is the former CTO at PaidPunch,… Read More

Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel leaving EMC: Next gigs to include angel investing and diaper duty

When Isilon Systems sold to EMC for $2.25 billion in December 2010, Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel made a pledge to… Read More

Sujal Patel’s love letter to startups: 6 reasons why you should make the plunge

The University of Washington computer science department sends more than half of its grads to just four companies: Amazon, Facebook,… Read More

Ex-Isilon, Amazon engineers start stealthy Qumulo

Isilon System is one of the biggest startup success stories of the past 10 years, with the Seattle storage company… Read More

EMC boss Joe Tucci loves being in the backyard of Amazon and Microsoft

EMC Chief Executive Joe Tucci is in Seattle today, celebrating the grand opening of the company’s new 140,000 square foot… Read More

Isilon adding 200 jobs as it settles into Pioneer Square HQ

Isilon Systems, getting comfortable in its new digs in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, said today that it plans to add… Read More

Sujal Patel’s call to action for the Seattle tech industry

There’s nothing quite like a comeback story. And there’s perhaps no better example of one in Seattle’s tech industry than… Read More

Tech industry bolsters Seattle office market as Isilon, Zillow, Google and others expand

We’ve been tracking a number of high-profile real estate expansion stories in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks, from… Read More

Apple plans huge storage buy from Isilon: Could this be the backbone of its ‘media locker?’

Holy, Toledo. That was my reaction after reading a report in The Register that Apple has agreed to buy as… Read More

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