In 2008, Veritas employees Jaspreet Singh and Milind Borate got together to create the data protection company Druva. Fun Fact: In Sanskrit, "Druva" translates to "North Star".

For years they built the business around endpoint data protection, but the product evolved over into a more enterprise focused cloud data management company. Last year they completed a series E for $130M with a valuation north of a billion dollars.

Today we have Druva’s surprisingly technical CFO, Mahesh Patel, with us to discuss the importance of SaaS-based data protection, where the market is headed and what’s happening with Druva. Welcome Mahesh