All About
Rick
Rick
What is Bass Fishing?
October 2012
When was SoftNAS first incorporated?
(or when was it born)
AWS, Azure, & VMware
What platforms does SoftNAS run on?
$100.00 Gift Certificate
What does a "Buurster of the Week" get beside recognition?
Amazon Web Services
What does AWS stand for? | What platform hosts the most SoftNAS deployments?
7 Patents
What is the number of patents held by Rick?
This individual joined Compaq as a startup and was part of the executive team that took it to $25B in annual revenues
Who is Vic Mahadevan?
The division of the military that Rick was in
What is the Air Force?
Software for network attached storage
How did the company/product name originate?
Lift and Shift
What does Buurst call on-prem to cloud migration?
Energy, Media & Entertainment, Technology & Software, Banking & Finance, Legal, Healthcare, and the Public Sectors
What are the different Vertical Markets that are embracing Buurst SoftNAS and Fuusion?
VMware
What platform does not have a Marketplace?
Hank the Hawk
What is the mascot for the university Vic got his MBA and MS, Engineering?
Rick once wrote a book based off this hobby
What is Internet Poker?
Virtual Q
What company was Rick a consultant for when the idea for SoftNAS was born?
5-9s
What level of High Availability do we offer?
Delivers On-Premise Performance for Virtual Desktops
What is Buurst SoftNAS?
Google Cloud
Name a cloud platform SoftNAS doesn't currently run on?
Famous Author
Who is Marc Palombo
Rick’s dog named after a famous World War II General
Who is Patton?
Bill Hood
Who was the first SoftNAS/Buurst CEO?
iSCSI, CIFs/SMB, NFS
What are some protocols that we support?
Carahsoft
Who is our partner on the AWS GovCloud?
NAS
What is Network Attached Storage?
Feed the Hungry
Who is Krupa Amlami?
Rick’s 2nd favorite hobby including rank
What is Ham Radio, Expert?
Eric Olson
Who was the first Customer Support engineer?
Azure NetApp Files
Who is a competitor to SoftNAS?
141 out of 142
What is the number of regions SoftNAS is available on from the Azure Marketplace?
HANA
What is the SAP platform we are targeting?
The High Priestess
Who is Sandy Braddy?