ForeThought - RCV Innovations

  Objective: Evaluate and Assess the Risks and benefits of emerging storage technologies to fit the needs of Virtual Environments.   Scenario:   Tradition Enterprise SAN Storage arrays have been a platform of choice for deploying Virtualization in the last decade.   These platforms are reaching their End-of-Life and are up for a refresh.   There is a latent need to transform storage environments into Software-Defined Storage Architecture to meet the new capacity, availability and performance needs. Approach:   There Several approaches to Software-Defined Storage Architecture:   Factory Built Convergence Platforms with VMware Converged Storage Stack (e.g. HP EVO:RAIL) Flash Virtualization Platforms(e.g. PernixData) - Extend the Life of traditional storage Server side flash to provide increased performance and capacity. Server Hardware with Bundle Storage Virtual Appliances (HP StorVirtual) Commodity Hardware with Converged Software (e.g.  Quanta) Purpose-Built Storage Appliances (e.g. N...

In India, We seem to be more focussed on improving Physical Infrastructure. It is important, however... There is an urgent need to improve our National Information Infrastructure. It is not just about fibre optic networks to villages. We need to improve our data collection and management infrastructure for better governance and effective national-level decision making. Today, Data collection from both human and machine sources is weak or does not exist. Our Prime Minister's office knows the power of Social Media and Digital Strategies. Lets apply Digital Strategy by creating  crowd sourcing platforms for enriching the data about our localities and learn about economic activities at a granular level. Lets encourage university research in inventing mass-scale sensor technologies for machine based data collection. use government assets and encourage private participation in enriching the machine/sensor based data collection and understanding the state of our environment...

These are tumultuous times, impending wars, fewer jobs, failing banks and slower economic growth. We need good leadership for security, a proper natural resource utilization to save our planet and build hope for a better tomorrow. I am finding leadership and hope in oddest of places...in our tech sector. We are buzzing with activity in Social networking, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud Technologies. In some ways all these trends are having a synergistic effect to promote rapid development and consequent  adoption of Internet of Things(IoT). We are seeing massive acquisitions(NEST by Google/Beats by Apple) of IoT potentials, Crowd funding and rapid improvement in energy technologies(solar/battery).   These are fueling the progress of internet of things as the next big thing. Impact of Internet of Things(IoT) will be direct and transformative for both communities and corporations. Some examples of Mundane Tasks that can be made simple with application of IoT: ...

The Year between 2 and 3 has been exciting and challenging. We strive to live by our core values of Humility, Integrity and Learning. We are stabilizing our business into: 1. IP Creation 2. Project Services 2. Managed Services Our efforts on IP creation for our partners and customers has been an exciting experience. We value  our partnerships in the IP creation endeavors. Our Team has contributed to enriching 5 SaaS platforms in the last 3 years. I would like to recognize the current leadership team - Sudhir Nair, Ranganath Rangaraju, Priya Rojekar as well as our Alumni...Jyoti and Sriram for thier wealth of experience and their contribution to our growth. Our 50+ Team is our fuel..We have Giri - our first hire followed by Shilpa, Pradeep, Murali, Rajababu, Veeresh and Vamshi. We have team mates starting from Satya who have done well with us and have been placed or moved into friendly companies in better roles. We have embarked on a journey to build a strong pr...

I am bullish on prospects of Microsoft to drive the hybrid cloud agenda in the Enterprise... Great hardware talent from nokia and xbox teams are driving innovations in gestures and post mobile wearable devices cementing its kinect led leadership position. The Internet of things could be another big growth area for microsoft as most embedded devices come with windows driver stack. Run Satya run...  

Data Storage, Archival and Retrieval is a mega challenge. The Age of Multimedia and Cloud computing is driving data volumes to insane heights. Compliance laws are driving the need to store data for 7 more years. Data Archival company has a bright future if there is a simple, safe and scalable way for protecting and preserving data. There may be a business opportunity in building Long term - low SLA (within 24 hrs) recovery storage. The Need for Cold storage for Food preservation is also a national priority for increasing profitability for the farmers and  reduced shortages of food. A hybrid Data Storage and Cold Storage facility based on Geothermal Technology to reduce energy consumption and create sustainable systems. As the Geothermal systems are very capital intensive, it may be an interesting way to Cross Subsidize food storage  with Data Storage. This may be a practical with indian companies innovating in Geo-themal technology. I am impressed by GREENPRENEU...

We have been working on appliances for over a year. The concept and application of our technology is being actively validated in PoC's at customer locations. Cloud + Appliance model to create Simple, Secure and Frugal Cloud Services for Emerging Enterprises  is gaining traction. We are inspired by Vision of Industry leaders from Intel, Google, Apple, Cisco and IBM  to develop technology platforms for tomorrows intelligent, data driven connected cloud of everything. We believe in leveraging Internet of things, Big Data and Cloud technologies  to create high impact frugal solutions focused on emerging markets, We are not focusing on: 1. Traditional Data center Equipement 2. Conventional Personal Computers 3. Standard Storage or Network Equipment Our goal is to create complete solutions based on open, proven, industry accepted technologies. Vamanit in sanskrit literally means "make iT smaller"-Dwarfed... Our Information Infrastructure Stra...