#7 Embrane

Aim:  Virtualized network appliances

Founded: 2009

Location: Santa Clara, California

Management: Former Cisco spin-in execs Dante MalagrinA2 (Embrane president/CEO) and Marco Di Benedetto (CTO)

Product Availability: Version 2.0 is generally available

At number 7 spot is Embrane, who specialize themselves in ‘the next big thing’ in cloud computing- Software Defined Networking (SDN). What Embrace stands out is that it covers all the aspects in 2^nd and 3^rd layer of network while it doesn’t address the upper layers.

Embrane markets Heleos, virtualizes load balancers, firewalls, VPNs and other services. This improves the dynamic scaling of the applications associated with cloud computing. Embrane clearly wraps hardware appliances at the convenience of software packages.

John Vincenzo, vice president of marketing says "In the evolution of IT infrastructure, virtualization has hit the compute and storage layers, but the network has still not caught up."

"Any enterprise that needs to rapidly deploy new applications, or manage multiple private cloud deployments could benefit from easier deployment of network applications," he adds.

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