Most recently, Seidl was EVP of sales and services at (and co-founder of) GiantLoop Network Inc. Prior to that, he was CEO of the now-defunct Linux developer Workgroup Solutions Inc.
Permabit, founded in June 2000, has received $10.5 million through two rounds of funding from Baker Capital Corp., Global Strategic Investment Fund, and TechQuest Capital Partners. It currently has 32 employees.
So far, Permabit has two reference customers: Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, which is using Permeon to store and retrieve X-rays, and amateur photography site Photo.net.
Permabit plans to sell entirely through channel partners, but the company wasn't able to name any of them yet. It's also in discussions with potential application partners, including CommVault Systems Inc. and KVS Inc.
"EMC's making it easier for us because they're buying these people's competitors," says Vito, referring to EMC's acquisitions of Documentum Inc. and Legato Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: LGTO). He says several of Documentum's partners are now looking for new partners in the storage market (see EMC Swings Into Software Big Leagues and EMC Cops Documentum).
To realize the benefits of cloud-native software, an application must actually be cloud-native—designed to run in the cloud, interacting with disaggregated cloud services, fully manageable as code—to deliver the expected benefits.
By combining resources and expertise, the AI-Enabled ICT Workforce Consortium will offer a blueprint for how industries can adapt to an AI-dominated future.
IT leaders should heed the guidance of cybersecurity insurance providers who think businesses should prioritize security education, incident preparedness, regular internal audits, and ongoing vulnerability scanning and patching.
