Sramana Mitra: Talk to me about the SME market. Help me understand the sweet spots. What are the other characteristics of the sweet spots among your audience? Austin McChord: We’re selling into the SMB market space. Our sweet spot is the 20 to 200 seat business. They typically have anywhere from half a terabyte to
Sramana Mitra: You took the financing from Boston VCs? Austin McChord: Yes, from General Catalyst up in Boston. Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about your business. Tell us what you do. What is the competitive landscape that you play in and how do you differentiate?
This interview focuses on some of the bottlenecks facing the cloud services industry in penetrating the SME customer base. Sramana Mitra: Austin, give us a bit of context about you as well as Datto. Austin McChord: I started Datto right out of college about seven years ago. Our goal was to provide backup and SaaS
Sramana Mitra: What’s the revenue level of your company? Matthew J. Schitz: Revenues we don’t release, I’m sorry. We’re a privately held company. But our revenues are significant. And they’re growing quickly. We’re growing at 50% quarter over quarter right now. SM: Just give us a range. Is it a $50 million company, a $100
Cloud storage is a cost-effective way for businesses to secure data or quickly recover them when they’ve been lost. And there are plenty of cloud storage companies out there serving businesses of all sizes in every possible industry. Though one of many, Symform offers its clients something a little different, as my talk with CEO Matthew
Egnyte is a software-as-a-service provider that offers an integrated, on-demand solution to the three most common technology challenges facing small businesses: data storage, information sharing, and computer backup.