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Piston CloudComputing, Inc.Created for:The Red Herring 100 Awards

Presented by:

Gretchen Curtis

Co-founder & CMO

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INVESTORS

HISTORY

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Who is Piston?

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The Enterprise OpenStacCompany

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A %o--e%tion of ,ro

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Why Piston?

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Our 'd%antages TEAM. Founded 8" the origina- %reators of the 3,enta% ,ro

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