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1. Give us your organization’s quick origin story!

I co-founded Ridge with Nir Sheffi and Mati Lerner in 2018. We were all interested in the question of how cloud computing was going to support workloads all over the world. We found it improbable that all of the new applications being developed were going to run out of a couple of dozen locations operated by a few hyper-scale cloud providers. I was a co-founder of Akamai, where we pioneered the idea of the Content Delivery Network (CDN). We gave content providers a global infrastructure deployed in thousands of locations to improve the performance, reliability, and scalability of their websites.

 

Here at Ridge, together with my co-founders and our team, we set out to create a similarly distributed architecture for cloud applications. At Ridge, we can customize a cloud to create a presence in any location and any existing infrastructure, thereby changing the way people think about the public cloud.

 

2. What problem are you currently solving in the KC tech industry? 

 

We’ve learned that no single cloud architecture is enough for the applications we’re seeing today. Companies and developers need the flexibility to serve their applications best anywhere they need. Ridge gives them that freedom. Our cloud is scalable on-demand, it doesn’t require any new CAPEX, and it can easily be a part of any hybrid or multi-cloud architecture. In addition, it has the flexibility to handle emerging location-dependent apps, such as the new wave of Internet of Things applications. Many KC-based companies want to keep their data and applications local as opposed to running out of California or New Jersey. There are outstanding local service providers who partner with the top local companies. Ridge can help by allowing modern, cloud-native applications to run in these local environments.

 

3. What can we expect to see from your company/organization in the next year?

 

Ridge’s cloud is already available in over 150 locations. Over the next year, we will see our footprint continue to grow. We will continue to enhance our support of enterprise needs by adding new PoPs to Ridge Cloud and adding cloud-native services on top of existing and available infrastructure in locations around the world.

 

4. How can KCTC members get more involved?

We are always looking to make new connections and spread the word about the power of the distributed cloud. Any KCTC affiliated company that uses local data centers (in-house or outsourced) and wants to be able to run modern, cloud-native applications, should talk to us – we can make that a reality! We’d be happy to learn more about your needs and to show you a full demo of our platform. You can also learn more by looking at our blog.