Elastifile, a start-up based in San Jose, announced a strategic investment by Cisco. Financial terms were not disclosed. Other investors in the company include Battery Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners.
Elastifile's Software Defined Storage solution extends existing file systems, helping large and mid-size enterprises to scale to hundreds and thousands of nodes, while providing millions of Input/output Operations per Second (IOPS) flash performance.
http://www.elastifile.com