Bangalore: Palo Alto based Rubrik, a multi-cloud data control company has opened a new and expanded R&D center in Bangalore. It will accommodate the company’s rapidly growing global engineering team. Rubrik CEO Bipul Sinha and Board Advisor John Chambers remained present during the opening ceremony on Tuesday.
“With the new R&D center, Rubrik is proving it’s unique dual development center strategy and strengthening strategic business and trade ties between the US and India,” said John Chambers, Board Advisor – Rubrik.
“As Rubrik expands to remedy data management pain points for global enterprises, we expect Rubrik Bangalore to continue to attract the very best technical talent,” added Chambers.
As global businesses pursue digital transformation and cloud, demand for Rubrik’s data management solution has grown significantly. Rubrik’s Bangalore R&D center is a strategic investment with a focus on key products. Rubrik has also invested in resources in Bangalore to address the Global System Integrator (GSI) ecosystem.
“Investing and growing our capabilities and our business in the Indian market is a strategic step to ensuring we can develop the best solutions possible for our customers,” said Bipul Sinha, Co-founder and CEO – Rubrik.
“Rubrik’s new R&D center will allow us to reach top global engineering and product talent as we strive to support and address customers’ most pressing data management challenges,” added Sinha.
Rubrik’s new R&D center is a strategic next step in continued innovation and product development for global enterprise customers’ data management challenges. Rubrik has grown the Indian team to over 250 employees across engineering, sales, IT services, customer support, HR and finance. The company has also released a joint solution with NetApp
“Our expanding Bangalore center is not only a regional success story for technology innovation, but also a reflection of our success in building relationships and solving complex problems for GSIs and enterprise businesses in India” said Kamal Brar, Rubrik VP of APJ Rubrik.
“The R&D team in India is a key contributor to Rubrik’s global product development,” said Ashish Gupta, Rubrik VP Engineering and Head of India R&D. “The India team has helped solve some of the largest and most cutting-edge engineering problems across all sides of the business and are critical to the company’s success.”