But given that this market is becoming ever more crowded, Viridity will be forced to share its success stories soon enough. The market is bubbling with relatively new vendors such as and , and attracting the attention of the industry's biggest players, from to IBM to . 

Oberoi says he suspects that Viridity and other newer companies will still have a chance to mature their products and expand their business footprints before industry consolidation really takes hold.  His goal is to have Viridity bridge the gap between what the traditional higher level IT management companies offer and what the those companies more down in the power management weeds deliver.

"It's a very static world when you get lower in the stack," he says.

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