Deal Radar’s NASSCOM 2010 Emerge 50 coverage continues with Smart Guard Systems, an Ahmedabad, India–based company that has developed high-definition Internet protocol (IP) surveillance cameras with triple codecs (devices or programs capable of coding and decoding digital streams or signals) using H.264, MPEG4, and MJPEG technologies. It is the subsidiary of eInfochips Ltd, which provides
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: The next topic that I would like to bring up in this discussion is security. What is your perspective about security in the cloud? Sanjay: Security has always been on the top of CIOs’ minds. It will continue to be the top priority and needs to
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Sramana: How did you gain access to a payment gateway as a new Internet company? Phanindra Sama: I took a banker’s recommendation and accepted personal liability for charge backs. I had to keep a certain amount of money in my account as well. Once we took the site live, we then had to focus on
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Brian: If we could, we’d try to connect the dots and put people in touch with the right partnerships and resources to help them with their businesses. There’s just a finite amount of time. We’ve got a lot on our plate. It’s tough to do. But there’s
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: If a company is out of Washington state, could they still reach out to you? Chris: It’s possible. We’ve worked with some companies from British Columbia and from Oregon, for example. Typically, these companies are either looking to establish a Washington base or have already established
By Sramana Mitra and guest author Shaloo Shalini Sramana: You mention private clouds. How do you decide on what to put on the private cloud versus what to procure from the public cloud as part of your cloud strategy? Sanjay: It is a journey. The journey that we are on at EMC is to virtualize
Sramana: How far were you able to bootstrap your company while maintaining your job? Phanindra Sama: The product was completed and ready. To solve this problem, the logical process was to give the software to bus operators.