"We want to be a leader in open source based hyper-converged solutions"

Subbaram Gowra, Managing Director - GBB 
shares with VARINDIA more his company, its core competencies and what he thinks are the opportunities in the industry today are for a SI company like his -  
 

Can you share about the services portfolio GBB offers?

GBB offers a product portfolio that includes Backup Automation, Hyper Convergence, Networking,   Information & Network Security, Open Source Solutions and High Performance Computing.

What are the core competencies of your R&D Team, working for various important organisations in the country?

We work very closely with our customers to understand the pain areas about their IT Infrastructure and thereby build a solid pipeline of issues on a regular basis which would be shared with our distinguished team of engineers at our R&D. The R&D team would then conduct various Proof of concepts/experiments with few key customers to figure out cost effective & optimized solutions for those problems raised. 

Apart from these, our R&D team also focuses on developing high potential practices like Network Virtualization , Network Monitoring , Open Source based Hyper Convergence solutions etc. to name a few.

When we talk about various opportunities into System Integration and solution support in the country, how has GBB expended its arm in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana?

Cloud doesn’t just include license selling but it involves a whole lot of services around migration andoptimization.We see a great potential in this space and hence are working towards it. In terms of reach, we are right now present across Hyderabad & Vizag, and might expand to other areas like Vijayawada and Tirupati.

Which are the key vendors you are associated with when we talk about specialised solutions support?

We are working with key vendors like VMware, Dell EMC, IBM, Trend Micro, Sophos and Cisco.

Lastly, what is the roadmap of GBB for the next one year?

We want to be a leader in open source based hyper-converged solutions and also an end-to-end professional services Cloud Consultant.