Entrepreneur Year Book 2014 > Network & Security > FatPipe
FatPipe
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About us
FatPipe Networks is the holder of nine patents of technology that provides the highest levels of optimization, reliability, security and acceleration of Wide Area Networks (WANs). FatPipe is the world's most innovative creator of WAN redundancy technology, router clustering, which affords companies automatic and dynamic failover of a downed data line connection due to a WAN component or service failure.
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CEO: Dr. Ragula Bhaskar
OFFICES:
Offices worldwide
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KEY PERSON:
Dr. Ragula Bhaskar
Dr. Ragula Bhaskar is President and CEO of FatPipe Networks, the inventor of patented router-clustering technology that provides highly redundant, reliable, and high-speed Internet/WAN access for mission critical applications for business. Under Dr. Bhaskar's direction, FatPipe Networks has steadily grown in size and revenue. Dr. Bhaskar is currently a Board member of the Living Planet Aquarium and the past Chairman of the Board.
He served as Chairman of the Governor's Office of Economic Development for Governor Huntsman in April, 2007-11. He served as the Chairman, The Living Planet Aquarium, Utah. He has served as Co-Chairman of the Review Committee of Utah State's Boards and Commissions for the Huntsman Gubernatorial Transition Team; as a Trustee and member of the Public Policy Committee of the Utah Information Tech Association; as a Member of the Industrial Advisory Committee, College of Engineering at the University of Utah, and as a member of the review panel for the State of Utah Centers of Excellence. Dr. Bhaskar is a recipient of several honors and awards for academic achievements; is a member of Mensa, and a former member and Chapter President of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society. He was the youngest member of an Advisory Committee to the U.S. Secretary of Labor on labor related technology issues and was one of the youngest President-elect of the largest division of the Society of Mining Engineers (SME), and held chairmanships of many related committees. |
CLIENTELE:
FatPipe's customer profiles are extremely diverse ranging from multinational corporations to medium and small sized companies. Companies worldwide deploy FatPipe appliances to help create robust and stable WAN infrastructures so they can transmit data accurately, efficiently and securely. All major industry types use FatPipe products including law firms, financial and medical institutions; local, state and federal government entities; military institutions, municipalities, utilities and educational facilities. In fact, FatPipe products are deployed at 30 of the top 100 hotels and by 24 of the top 100 law firms in the US.
INVESTORS:
Draper and Associates, Epic ventures, Odyssey and Argossy ventures, Transcosmos, v Spring Capital
COMPETITORS:
BGP
WEBSITE:
www.fatpipeinc.com
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Product Offerings:
FatPipe's line of products cover an array of features and benefits for companies that run mission critical applications over any type of WAN infrastructure. Customer benefits include up to seven-nines of WAN redundancy, reliability, and speed. Dynamic load balancing, Quality of Service (QoS), and additional security; as well as compression, and VPN encryption capability are also available.
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REVENUE MODEL:
base product sales + annual maintenance contracts
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