Sramana Mitra: Once the architecture of the world is much more mature, you are coming in at the heels of a platform as a service trend. So, you basically provide a platform as a service, provide the heuristic layer on top of that, etc. We were talking about business models earlier. You can charge a
Sramana Mitra: How are you going about trying to solve that problem? Are you going at it in a horizontal mode, or are you trying to create verticalized solutions? The interviews that we have been doing in our big data coverage have seen a ton of companies that are working on certain verticals.
Sramana Mitra: I would like you to take off the HP hat and wear more of an industry thought leader hat. Give me some pointers to where you see open problems. Robert Youngjohns: I think the issue of unstructured data is one of the big problems facing the industry. It is really hard science to
Sramana Mitra: What is the state of the union on video analysis? Robert Youngjohns: It is developing very quickly, and we have very powerful tools. It started way back with something as simple as number plate recognition, which is now very established. We have a demo app where we show people where we are taking
Robert Youngjohns is the senior vice president and general manager of HP Autonomy. Simply put, Autonomy helps organizations understand the meaning of information by applying big data technologies. Robert previously worked at Microsoft and has more than 30 years of experience in the technology industry. In this interview, Robert talks about Autonomy’s role within HP
Sramana Mitra: What are the competitive dynamics of these cities? When you’re setting up a center in Mangalore, is it very competitive? Are there other Indian companies setting up operations in Mangalore? Gopinathan Padmanabhan: Yes, there are. All of the key players are aware of the dynamics, the cost structure, and so on. Everyone follows
Sramana Mitra: Are most of your financial services customers U.S. customers? Gopinathan Padmanabahn: As is the case for most of the typical Indian IT services companies, our revenues are split broadly across the U.S., India, and the rest of the world. The U.S. constitutes about 65% of our revenues. India constitutes about 15% to 17%
Sramana Mitra: I see. So, you wanted to be in a space that is optimal to HP’s sweet spot, and you don’t have any conflict of interest when it comes to going to market through HP’s channels. Gopinathan Padmanabahn: Exactly. That’s right. That’s the second reason. First and foremost, we are good at this, have