Sujal Patel has seen a world-changing trend coming before. In 2001, in his mid-20s, he founded data storage technology company Isilon Systems in Seattle, correctly anticipating a massive increase in… Read More
Sujal Patel, a longtime Seattle-area investor and co-founder of Isilon Systems, has joined Palo Alto, Calif.-based venture capital firm Defy Partners as part of its “sage” program that offers a… Read More
For Cosmo King, maritime data is both personal and professional. King grew up sailing in Virginia and is now the owner of “Northern Lights,” a vintage Coronado 41 sloop that he… Read More
Paul Mikesell, a University of Washington trained computer scientist who co-founded storage giant Isilon Systems in 2001, has left Uber and raised cash for a secretive robotics startup based in… Read More
View image | gettyimages.com Once upon a time, there was an exclusive club that only allowed technology companies worth $1 billion to join. While that sounds like an opening line to a… Read More
Brett Helsel, who played a key role in shaping the Seattle technology community through senior engineering roles at F5 Networks and Isilon Systems, died last week after suffering a cardiac… Read More
Aaron Khoo has joined Redmond online presentation startup 9Slides as director of engineering. Khoo is the former CTO at PaidPunch, and before that held numerous engineering roles at Microsoft, primarily… Read More
When Isilon Systems sold to EMC for $2.25 billion in December 2010, Isilon co-founder Sujal Patel made a pledge to stick around for two years or get the storage company… Read More
The University of Washington computer science department sends more than half of its grads to just four companies: Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft. And while those tech giants pay well… Read More
Isilon System is one of the biggest startup success stories of the past 10 years, with the Seattle storage company rebounding from tough times to sell for a whopping $2.25… Read More
EMC Chief Executive Joe Tucci is in Seattle today, celebrating the grand opening of the company’s new 140,000 square foot “Center of Excellence” in the heart of Seattle’s Pioneer Square… Read More
Isilon Systems, getting comfortable in its new digs in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood, said today that it plans to add 200 more workers locally over the next 15 months. The… Read More
There’s nothing quite like a comeback story. And there’s perhaps no better example of one in Seattle’s tech industry than that of Isilon Systems. Co-founder Sujal Patel retold that tale… Read More
We’ve been tracking a number of high-profile real estate expansion stories in the Seattle tech industry in recent weeks, from HTC’s desire for a new building in Pioneer Square to… Read More
Holy, Toledo. That was my reaction after reading a report in The Register that Apple has agreed to buy as much as 12 petabytes of storage from Isilon Systems, the… Read More