Technology duo link up again with EMC

TWO Surrey businessmen who turned to EMC to help them sell their technology business four years ago are working with us again on their new venture. Sarim Khan and Russell Johnson took on

senior executive roles within American company Primavera Systems Inc after selling their specialist software business, Pertmaster Ltd, to them for an undisclosed sum in 2006. But you can never keep good entrepreneurs

down, and the pair have now resurfaced as directors of sharpcloud – browser software delivered on Microsoft’s latest cloud computing platform, Azure. Based near Guildford, the business

venture. They’re far too dynamic and innovative to fit easily into a large corporate structure. “The Fujitsu partnership demonstrates the vast potential that exists for sharpcloud’s unique technology which blends the dynamism and simplicity of social platforms with the productivity and robustness of enterprise software.”

has already attracted the attention of some of the giants of the computing world, including forming partnerships with Microsoft and Fujitsu. Fujitsu is using sharpcloud’s cutting-edge technology as the centrepiece of its global FutureScape strategic consultancy solution, leading to it being used by large corporate users across the United States, Europe and Asia. And Microsoft has been so impressed by sharpcloud’s enterprise and vision that it has produced an entire seven-page case study on the fledgling operation which it has uploaded to many of its global platforms. (You can read the full case study at: www.microsoft.com/casestudies/Case_Study_De tail.aspx?CaseStudyID=4000006685) Desmond High, who led

EMC’s team in the Pertmaster sale and has now joined the board of sharpcloud alongside founder shareholders Antu N’Jai and Andy Britcliffe, said: “It’s great to be working with Sarim and Rusty again. After we helped sell their previous company, I had a feeling that it would only be a matter of time before they launched another

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Marc Silvester, Global Chief Technology Officer for Fujitsu, said: “We are a pretty big organization, and we’re used to partnering with other big organizations. So partnering with sharpcloud was a bit of a departure for us, but with Windows Azure [the Microsoft platform being used by sharpcloud] we know they have the resources to deliver on their promises.

“We believe that cloud computing will usher in a new era of more dynamic, instantaneous computing. We see it not just as a technology platform, but as an entrepreneurial environment that puts start-up companies on a level playing field with the majors. sharpcloud is an example of that.” For more on sharpcloud email: hello@sharpcloud.com call: 01483 565522, visit: www.sharpcloud.com or follow on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/sharpcloud

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