One on One: with Wasabi’s David Friend

Trying to compete with the big end of town may come across as a slightly ambitious, but it was something that CEO, David Friend set his sights on when establishing Wasabi as cloud storage challenger in the market. “Dumb storage without AI-generated metadata will start to look very outdated.” Friend takes us through his career journey and Wasabi’s plans for the year ahead. What drove you into starting up Wasabi? We knew a lot about cloud storage from our experience at Carbonite. My genius technical co-founder Jeff came up with a new storage architecture that was faster and far less expensive than what the hyperscalers were offering. I figured we could build a billion-dollar company around cloud storage by focusing 100 per cent of our attention on being the world’s best cloud storage vendor. What are your top priorities for Wasabi this year? First, we will continue to grow our channel worldwide, our channel partners are our lifeblood. Read more >>