The Fabric Annual Summit 2018 focused on co-creating companies in the cloud and IoT infrastructure space, featuring keynotes from Toby Redshaw of Verizon and Kartik Kumar of Levi Strauss. Discussions included IoT security and industry trends with contributions from leaders across various sectors. The summit highlighted successful ventures from The Fabric, such as co-created companies and funding achievements.

1. November 16th, 2017
WELCOME TO THE FABRIC ANNUAL
SUMMIT 2018

2. THE FABRIC TEAM
Rajan Prabakar Sumant Ramnath Ashu Shasha
Co-creation foundry for
cloud and IoT infrastructure companies.
Growing Ideas into New Ventures.

3. THE FABRIC ANNUAL SUMMIT 2018
4:00 – 5:30
Welcome note: Rajan Raghavan and Prabakar Sundarrajan
Keynote: Toby Redshaw, Verizon
Keynote: Kartik Kumar, Levi Strauss
VC Perspective: Sumant Mandal, The Fabric
Panel Discussion “IoT Security”: Ben Hendrick, Josh Nash
(Microsoft), Rajive Joshi (RTI), Dr. Donald Reising (UTC); M: Ashu
Pande (The Fabric)
Closing Notes: Rajan Raghavan
5:30 – 8:00

4. MISSION
Co-create new companies in partnership with
passionate entrepreneurs in cloud and IoT
infrastructure space.

5. Idea & Business
Hardening
Collaborative
Ideation
Technology
Innovation
U P T O 3 6 M O N T H S
CO-CREATION MODEL
HIGH TOUCH MODEL
Critical Mass
SERIES
A
9-12 months Create companies
& recruit founders
Additional capital
infusion
Product entry
market roll-out

6. AREA OF FOCUS
Data
Security
Network
Cloud Infrastructure Hybrid Cloud & IoT Multi Cloud & Edge
Computing
explorations

7. SUCCESS OF CO-CREATION MODEL
Fabric 1 – top 2% venture performance
3 of 4 companies acquired
Fabric 2 – ioTium raised Series B Funding
ioTium and Spanugo - strong customer adoption
Fabric 3 - closed $20 M in April 2018
Co-created 3 companies

8. NEW INITIATIVES
Cloud Thought Leadership Council
C-Suite Executives of leading companies; different verticals
Discussion on next generation enterprise cloud infrastructure
Microservice Working Group
Cross section of enterprises and telcos deploying microservices
Several portfolio companies

9. TECHNOLOGY DIRECTIONS
Microservices Edge Computing &
5G
Blockchain
Infrastructure

10. VIGNETTES FROM INDUSTRY
LEADERS
Klaus Oestermann, COO, Proofpoint
Kushagra Vaid, GM, Microsoft Gary Gauba, frm President, CenturyLink
Abhishek Chauhan, CTO, Citrix

11. Series of Talks with Industry Leaders from Cloud & Infrastructure Space
THE FABRIC SPOTLIGHTS

12. KEYNOTE: THE FUTURE 5G NETWORK
12
Toby Redshaw
SVP, 5G Ecosystems,
Innovation & Product Development

13. KEYNOTE: CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
13
Kartik Kumar,
VP, IT Direct to
Consumer
Levi Strauss & Co

14. VC PERSPECTIVE ON THE INDUSTRY
TRENDS
14
Sumant Mandal
Co-Founder, The Fabric

15. PANEL DISCUSSION: IoT SECURITY
15
Rajive Joshi
RTI
Josh Nash
Microsoft
Ben Hendrick Dr. Donald Reising
Univ. of Tennessee at
Chattanooga
Ashu Pande
The Fabric

16. November 16th, 2017
THANK YOU!
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