DEEP DIVE
Organisations are making difficult decisions about what data is important and what data to keep . We ’ re solving that problem with our strategy of a ‘ bottomless ’ cloud .
How do you deal with stress and unwind outside the office ?
I ’ m addicted to my Peloton and ride every single day (# WasabiMike ). Beyond that , it ’ s doing activities with my wife and children . Having recently become an empty nester , I ’ m looking forward to doing more travelling , hiking and of course , outdoor cycling .
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
I think we are at the very beginning of a monumental shift to the cloud . Compute and workloads dominated the first 15 years of the cloud . I think data and storage will become the next big chapter to be written . Beyond that , I
ORGANISATIONS ARE MAKING DIFFICULT DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT DATA IS IMPORTANT AND WHAT DATA TO KEEP .
think AI will become the root of so much of our decision-making and again , the more data you store , the more intelligent your decision-making can become because it works from a larger set of data points .
What are the region-specific challenges you encounter in your role ?
Wasabi is in a hypergrowth mode . We ’ re expanding our business very fast and for us , it really comes down to trying to meet demand . Alongside our US-based
data centres , we ’ ve opened data centres in Amsterdam and Japan in the past 18 months and will likely open another half dozen around the world in the next 12 months . In Europe specifically , it ’ s important for us to be local to meet data sovereignty requirements .
What changes to your job role have you seen in the last year and how do you see these developing in the coming months ?
Think harder . Run faster . Repeat . As a hypergrowth company and one that is experiencing incredible growth ( over 18,000 customers and 3,500 partners in first three years ), the bar gets raised to meet customer demand , grow our distribution channels and lead the industry agenda . For me , and for us as a company in general , it ’ s a resource limitation . As serial entrepreneurs , we know what we have to do . Now it ’ s a matter of execution . We need to hire fast so we can respond and meet the requirements of our growing customer and partner base . We ’ re in a great spot to become the next large cloud services company and we ’ re on a mission to store the world ’ s data . What a great time to be in tech ! ◊
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