Company description
Gluster is exclusively focused on simplifying the task of
storing and managing the explosion of unstructured data while
transforming the economics of storage. Gluster is an open source
clustered file system that runs on commodity off-the-shelf hardware,
delivering multiple times the scalability and performance of
conventional storage at a fraction of the cost.
Team
Hitesh Chellani, Acting CEO
Hitesh has been leading overall strategy and business
execution for Gluster since co-founding the company with AB. Prior to
Gluster he was at California Digital Corporation where his role was
business development and systems engineering. During his tenure there
Hitesh managed the system integration facility that deployed the
‘Thunder’ supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory which
at the time was the second fastest supercomputer in the world. Prior to
Gluster, he co-founded two trading companies in Dubai UAE where he
managed business development and sales. Hitesh began his career as a
software engineer for Tata Unisys in India. He holds a Bachelors Degree
in Engineering from Bombay University.
Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy, CTO
As CTO and Co-founder, AB sets the vision and strategy for the
Gluster platform. Prior to Gluster, AB was CTO of California Digital
Corporation, where his work led to scaling of the commodity cluster
computing to supercomputing class performance. He drove the adoption of
cluster computing and GNU/Linux at enterprise data centers and helped
close strategic accounts at CDC. In 2004, AB led the development of
world's second fastest Supercomputer code named "Thunder" for Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory. AB also serves on the board of "Free
Software Foundation - India". He is the author / contributor of various
other Free Software projects like GNU FreeIPMI (Intelligent Platform
Management Interface), GNU Garp (Gratuitous ARP Daemon), bios-config
(edit/replicate CMOS parameters), librpci/hdb (RPC interpose for GNU
Hurd) and Hymn/PlayFair (iTunes ripper), GNU Freetalk (Scheme extensible
messenger for Jabber, Google talk), and Freehoo (Scheme extensible
messenger for YahooIM). AB holds a Computer Science Engineering degree
from Annamalai University, Tamil Nadu, India.
Jack O’Brien, Vice President, Marketing
Jack leads all marketing and product management activities
and brings extensive enterprise software and systems marketing
experience at both startups and large companies. Prior to Gluster Jack
was director of marketing at Gear6, where he introduced the company’s
network caching appliances for accelerating storage performance. He also
served as director of product marketing at Azul Systems, a pioneer in
Java computing appliances. Earlier, Jack managed the Solaris marketing
team at Sun Microsystems focusing on x86 platforms, Open Solaris, and
Linux strategy. Jack holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania and a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the
U.S. Naval Academy.
Business model
Gluster provides an open source storage software solution that runs on commodity hardware from any vendor. We offer subscription services that provide commercial support, software updates, patches, and other value added services.
Our product, Gluster Storage Platform, can be downloaded for free and subscriptions can be purchased through the Gluster sales team or one of our reseller partners.
Competitive advantage
Gluster offers advantages in scalability, performance, and ease of use. Sure, lots of companies say that, it's best to check out the information on our websitehttp://www.gluster.com/products/index.php
Gluster is open source software that runs on commodity hardware offering compelling economics and cost savings over proprietary solutions.
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