Sramana Mitra: You gave an overview. If you were to go out and start a company today, have you heard any customer point out a specific problem that needs to be solved but there is no vendor out there that’s addressing this problem? Jerry Melnick: We are going to rely on cloud services just like
Sramana Mitra: If you look at the industry in your space and the adjacent spaces, where do you see open problems that new entrepreneurs could be working on? Jerry Melnick: The real movement today is clearly around service-based versus product-based offerings. When I say that, I’m referring specifically to cloud service. Utility computing is finally
Sramana Mitra: Can you help me with an ecosystem map of the space that you’re in? Who are the other players, whether it’s competitors or complementary players? What does the ecosystem map look like? Jerry Melnick: You can cut the space in a number of directions. Let’s start at the top in terms of what
Jerry Melnick: The other challenge in the space is, that’s great if you talk about a single kind of configuration. I purchase a couple of pieces of iron, put my applications on it, and configure it so that it’s all highly available using SIOS Technology. That’s great. If you want to follow the industry trend of moving these
Jerry discusses high availability infrastructures in cloud computing. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to you as well as to the company. Jerry Melnick: I’m the CEO and President of SIOS. I joined here about two and a half years ago. My background is in the areas of photonic computing and database systems. I