Deep Dive: Vinay Samuel, CEO and founder of Zetaris

Posted on by Arrey Bate

In this interview, Arrey Bate speaks to Vinay Samuel, CEO and founder of Zetaris, a company that builds secure technologies which data engineers, business and organisational leaders can use to simplify, accelerate and cost minimize the building of valuable data products. Vinay shares his journey from starting afresh with Zetaris, investing his personal funds to building a company that’s now valued above $150 million.

Questions:

  1. Can you tell us a little about your career path to date – what are the key moments that have shaped the journey to where you are now?
  2. When did you launch Zetaris and why did you do so?
  3. What is Zetaris’ USP and what are some of the key use cases for Zetaris’ solutions?
  4. How important are partners and the partner ecosystem for your business?
  5. How do you reflect on Zetaris’ growth since its launch and how have you achieved this?
  6. What do you think is the current hot technology talking point and how does this shape your company’s own innovation strategy?
  7. What do the next 12 months have in store for you in your role, as well as for Zetaris as a company?

Deep Dive: Jon Pettitt, Chief Executive Officer, Excool

Posted on by Arrey Bate

In this interview, Arrey Bate speaks to Jon Pettitt, Chief Executive Officer of Excool. Jon talks about his journey starting afresh in the data centre industry, his predictions on the future of data centres, important components every data centre infrastructure should have and a snippet into Data Centre World 2023.

Questions:

  1. Tell us about the trajectory of your career up to this point. Have there been pivotal moments that stand out, influencing the course of your journey and contributing to who you are?
  2. Why are events paramount within the data centre industry and what role do they play in the advancement of data centre innovation?
  3. What is the most efficient cooling system for a data centre and what are the main components every data centre infrastructure should have?
  4. What are the key trends in the data centre industry and how does that shape Excool’s current innovation strategy?
  5. Tell us about the Excool Advanced Data Center Cooling system and how effective is it in cooling data centres with year-round full or partial free cooling?
  6. Excool Dry and Excool Flex are two of your biggest innovations to be released this year. What should the data centre industry expect with these innovations?
  7. As a leading digital infrastructure event designed for data centre professionals, technology business leaders and innovators, what should we expect at Data Center World 2023 and how will that shape the future of the industry?
  8. What are your predictions for the data centre industry in 2024 and beyond?