Rubrik Opening Bangalore, India, R&D Center

Rubrik, Inc. announced the opening of an expanded Bangalore R&D center, to accommodate its growing engineering team.

To commemorate the new center, Rubrik co-founder and CEO Bipul Sinha and board advisor John Chambers were attending the opening ceremony on October 22.

“With the new R&D center, Rubrik is proving it’s unique dual development center strategy and strengthening strategic business and trade ties between the US and India,” said Chamber. “As Rubrik expands to remedy data management pain points for global enterprises, we expect Rubrik Bangalore to continue to attract the very best technical talent.“

As businesses pursue digital transformation and cloud, demand for Rubrik’s industry defining data management solution has grown. Bangalore R&D Center is a strategic investment for the company, with a focus on key products. The firm has also invested in resources in Bangalore to address the Global System Integrator (GSI) ecosystem.

“Investing and growing our capabilities and our business in the Indian market is a strategic step to ensuring we can develop the best solutions possible for our customers,” said Sinha. “Rubrik’s new R&D center will allow us to reach top global engineering and product talent as we strive to support and address customers’ most pressing data management challenges.“

On the heels of recognition as a leader in the Forrester Wave for Data Resiliency Solutions, top 10 on the highly competitive Forbes Cloud 100 List and the release of a joint solution with NetApp, Rubrik’s new R&D center is a next step in continued innovation and product development for enterprise customers’ data management challenges. Rubrik has grown the Indian team to over 250 employees across engineering, sales, IT services, customer support, HR and finance.

“Our expanding Bangalore center is not only a regional success story for technology innovation, but also a reflection of our success in building relationships and solving complex problems for GSIs and enterprise businesses in India,” said Kamal Brar, VP of APJ, Rubrik.

“The R&D team in India is a key contributor to Rubrik’s global product development,” said Ashish Gupta, Rubrik VP engineering and head of India R&D. “The India team has helped solve some of the largest and most cutting-edge engineering problems across all sides of the business and are critical to the company’s success.“