Sun Microsystems Acquired HighGround Systems for $400 Million
Scott Hansbury · How to Bet On Poker Players and Make Money with Scott Hansbury of YouStake EP 206 · Mar 29, 2016 · at 3:49
Scott Hansbury discusses his tenure as VP of Corporate Development at storage virtualization startup HighGround Systems.
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“We ended up accepting an offer from Sun Microsystems for four hundred million.”
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