COMPANY BACKGROUND
Cumulux offers product and services that let enterprises
strategize, develop and operationalize cloud computing ap-
plications. Cumulux has a proven track record of delivering
business value to customers by implementing Software-as-a-
Service (SaaS) solutions based on platforms such as Micro-
soft Azure, Amazon EC2 and Force.com
Cumulux was founded in 2008 and has headquarters in
Seattle, WA with offices in Chicago, IL and Chennai India.
Cumulux has assembled a leadership team of seasoned
enterprise software executives with experience at Microsoft,
Oracle and PeopleSoft, among others.
INNOVATIVE USES OF THE CLOUD - PROJECTS
Ford | Fiesta Web 2.0 is a joint effort between Ford Research
and Advanced Engineering, Microsoft, Cumulux and the
University of Michigan. Fiesta Web 2.0 is a car info-tainment
platform in the research stage that delivers unprecedented
social, location and vehicular information to the driver.
Microsoft | Riviera is a cloud based solution that enables
companies to build highly scalable applications on the Win-
dows Azure platform. Riviera is a Multi Tenant framework
that can be deployed by enterprises with Zero footprint in the
datacenter.
EXECUTIVE BIOS
Paddy Srinivasan | Paddy Srinivasan brings 15 years of
product development and leadership experience to Cumu-
lux. Prior to starting Cumulux, Paddy held senior positions at
Microsoft and Oracle. At Microsoft, he was a Director in the
Office team responsible for driving Enterprise collaboration
software and at Oracle, he contributed to mobile platform
development.
Ranjith Ramakrishnan | Ranjith co-founded Cumulux in
2008 with a strong belief that Cloud Computing is transform-
ing Enterprise software. Prior to starting Cumulux , he held
key positions at Microsoft for 10 years and helped drive
product strategy for Windows. Ranjith was also a founder of
a funded Silicon Valley startup in the B2B procurement space
in the mid 90s.
John D. Schindler | John possesses over 20 years of IT,
professional services, sales, and senior leadership experi-
ence. Prior to Cumulux, he held positions at Microsoft, SAIC,
and Liberty Mutual where he helped develop and implement
global solutions and strategies integrating business and IT.
His 10 years at Microsoft were focused on Enterprise Techni-
cal Support and Consulting Services.
CONTACTS
Ben Bradley (media relations) Paddy Srinivasan
ben@maconraine.com paddy@cumulux.com
630-430-7267
PRODUCT OVERVIEW
Hybrid Axis© enables businesses to connect Salesforce.com
and SharePoint to get a unified view of customer data and
related artifacts. The product enables real time synchroniza-
tion to ensure that there is a single view of customer related
data. It synchronizes documents, lists and other SharePoint
artifacts with pre-defined Salesforce.com objects like “Cus-
tomers,” “Opportunities,” etc.
Mobile Axis© is a cloud-based enterprise mobility solution
powered by Windows Azure that lets business users access
multiple LOB applications through a unified mobile portal
optimized for smart phones. Mobile Axis gives users access
to unified enterprise content from multiple enterprise content
sources (including Microsoft SharePoint, Salesforce CRM,
Microsoft Dynamics, Peoplesoft and others) for swift and
contextual decision making.
STORY IDEAS AND EXPERTISE
Paddy and Ranjith can speak to any or all of the
topics below:
■ Making sense of cloud pricing models
■ Cloud security issues and the risks of cloud computing
■ Cloud cost saving caveats
■ Writing cloud computing SLAs
■ Monitoring cloud usage and how to evaluate cloud
management tools
■ Developing apps for the cloud
■ Test and development in the cloud
■ Understanding cloud APIs and frameworks
■ Building a private cloud – lessons learned
■ Oracle in the cloud
■ Cloud project management nuances
■ Building your own cloud sandbox
■ Moving projects to the cloud
REFERENCE CONTENT
■ What is cloud computing?
■ Comparing Cloud Platforms
■ TCO for the Cloud – interactive calculator
■ Microsoft solution Project Riviera
■ Cloud Integration
■ Demystifying Cloud Computing Pricing
Ranjith Ramakrishnan John D. Schindler
ranjith@cumulux.com jschindler@cumulux.com