WANdisco stands for Wide Area Network Distributed Computing, and we make software happen.

This is because our technology is the secret ingredient behind the products that you use every day – from mobile phones to machinery. We are an active member of the community that develops the world’s most popular Source Code product: Subversion, and our technology is used by half of the world’s software developers.

Our customers include a host of Fortune 1000 companies such as Hewlett Packard, Intel, John Deere, European Southern Observatory, Barclays Capital, Walmart, GE and Cisco.

How it works

With our patented technology, software developers in distributed locations can work simultaneously, creating a seamless global network. Users at every site where WANdisco is installed have local access to the same data at all times, which means that they can make changes locally and see each other’s changes immediately.

We are proud to have a 98% customer renewal rate – which is driven by compelling ROI data: a recent study from Forrester Research has shown that our Subversion MultiSite offers a 167% return on investment with a nine-month payback period.

The company

Co-founded in 2005 by David Richards, Jim Campigli and Dr Yeturu Aahlad, WANdisco has dual headquarters in Silicon Valley and Sheffield, England. WANdisco grew, without raising any private equity, venture capital or angel finance to become a leading provider of global collaboration software to the software development industry.

On June 1st, 2012 the company had a highly successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange raising over $24 million. The IPO was oversubscribed by over 300% and the list of investors included Fidelity, Legal & General, Blackrock, Artemis, Hargreave Hale, Cazenove, M&G, Octopus and Standard Life. WANdisco's ticker is WAND.L


http://www.wandisco.com/

Forrester Report Reveals 357% ROI and Payback Period of Less than 2 Months for WANdisco’s SVN MultiSite

http://www.wandisco.com/news/press-releases/forrester-report-reveals-357-roi-and-payback-period-less-2-months-for-wandisco%E2%80%99s

David Richards.

President, CEO and Co-Founder of WANdisco


A New Tech Britain

Posted: 26/07/2013 09:35


A report published by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research this week has shown that our digital economy is far healthier than official statistics would have us believe. While London has traditionally been the focus for the industry, this report has shown that the tech sector is thriving across the country - there are 270,000 tech businesses throughout the UK, compared to just 51,500 in London.

This is something I and others have known for some time - for the sector to be a national success, it needs to be more than just London-centric; indeed, WANdisco is co-headquartered in Silicon Valley and Sheffield.

Not only are tech companies a British economic strength (the UK generated over $59bn worth of high-tech exports in 2010), but digital companies' revenues grow faster and employ more people than non-digital ones - 11% of Brits now work in the digital sector.

The sector therefore is important to our economic recovery, and by leading in this field, Britain can shape what the future technology landscape will look like.

Britain once led the world in technological innovation. Our economy grew rich because we were at the forefront of the Industrial Revolution. Steam power, textile manufacturing, the railways - all these innovations of the early 19th Century put Britain in a different technological class to the rest of the world and swelled our coffers. Other nations had to imitate us to keep up.

China and India on the other hand, turned their backs on the technological changes that were taking place at that time and their economies suffered - a lesson in the dangers of not keeping up to speed with the evolving tech world. Since then, they have realised the importance of technology and invested heavily in it; they have become two of the world-leaders in this field and we now look to emulate their success.

I firmly believe that Britain can get back to the days of being the leading light in the world of technology. It is not enough to accept that the BRIC economies will expand, that China will soon surpass the US as the world's largest economy and that Silicon Valley will remain the byword for technological innovation. To do so would be to admit defeat.

Our record in technology businesses is outstanding. Nomad Digital, the leading global wireless provider for transportation, and Equal Experts, a fast-growing software company, are two businesses to come out of the UK in the last couple of years that have led the way in their field. Let's feed off the self-confidence that this should inspire and think bigger than Silicon Valley, or a roundabout in East London: why can't all of Britain become a centre of technological excellence?

I am constantly reminded of the Industrial Revolution when I am in my Sheffield office because of ties that the city shares with such an exciting age of innovation, the city that became synonymous with steel. While it's great that policymakers are finally understanding that the tech sector is bigger than an area of East London, we now need to do our best to support our young entrepreneurs and encourage the next generation of start-ups to be the Brunels of their age, to learn from our innovative predecessors and apply those lessons to a modern business world.


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/david-richards/a-new-tech-britain_b_3657182.html

A Forrester Total Economic Impact™ Study Prepared For WANdisco
The Total Economic Impact Of WANdisco SVN
MultiSite


http://www.wandisco.com/get?f=documentation%2Fwhitepapers%2FWANdisco-SVN-MultiSite-TEI-Study-2013.pdf

WANdisco Offers Certified Git Binaries Available for Free Download


San Ramon, CA – July 30, 2013 - WANdisco (LSE: WAND), a provider of high-availability software for global enterprises to meet the challenges of Big Data and distributed software development, announced its complete, fully tested and certified version of Git binaries are available for free download from its website. Git is a distributed version control system that emphasizes speed and developer control.




http://www.wandisco.com/news/press-releases/wandisco-offers-certified-git-binaries-available-for-free-download

Sheffield Wednesday have announced global software development company WANdisco as the club's new home shirt sponsors for the 2013/14 campaign.

WANdisco's logo will replace that of previous home shirt sponsor Gilder Honda.

Lifelong Wednesday fan David Richards co-founded WANdisco, originally based in the Silicon Valley, in 2005.

Richards, chairman and chief executive of the company, said: "I am thoroughly delighted to align the WANdisco brand to that of Sheffield Wednesday.

"This club always has and always will have a place in my heart and I could hardly be more proud that the WANdisco logo will adorn the home shirt of the Owls."

Wednesday chairman Milan Mandaric added: "We take great pride in our commercial partners and WANdisco is the ideal fit for Sheffield Wednesday.

"Quite apart from being co-founded by a supporter of our club, WANdisco are renowned worldwide in the software industry.

"In addition, I have a tangible connection with the company given my own business background in Silicon Valley."





WANdisco are now the main sponsor for British soccer team Sheffield Wednesday Football Club

Meet the innovators changing our world


David Richards (WANdisco)
Every day, I get to work with some extraordinary entrepreneurs. One, David Richards – and I should declare an interest here, as I represent him – is the ultimate example of “from small acorns, do mighty oaks grow”.

He co-founded WANdisco in my home city of Sheffield eight years ago and has built it into a technology powerhouse, the backbone to the global phenomenon which is Big Data. WANdisco debuted on the Aim market at £1.80 and, little over a year on, its value has mushroomed to £9.

His company, now headquartered in Silicon Valley, makes software that allows companies to synchronise the computer programmes and documents they’re using in different locations. Hewlett-Packard, for example, has more than 40,000 software engineers in 40 different global locations running WANdisco’s software every day.

Richards is now tapping into the hyper-growth Big Data market, working with some of the key developers of Hadoop, the software that powers your Facebook updates and drives your Google Searches. To explain the value of Big Data, I am going to borrow one of David’s analogies: every 20 minutes, the world creates more information than currently contained in the Library of Congress. Think about it. Every 20 minutes.

The significance of this goes well beyond smart statistics. It’s what has allowed an MIT research team to help reduce the risk of repeat heart attacks – analysing data that would previously have been thrown away to identify deadly trends. It is allowing scientists to break down the DNA of cystic fibrosis sufferers and developed tailored drugs that give them a way of life that would have previously been impossible.

Prediction: He will equip the inventors of the future.



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/yourbusiness/10226901/Meet-the-innovators-changing-our-world.html

WANdisco and Comrise Partner to Deliver Hadoop Big Data Solutions to Global Enterprises


San Ramon, CA – August 8, 2013


http://www.wandisco.com/news/press-releases/wandisco-and-comrise-partner-deliver-hadoop-big-data-solutions-global-enterprise

Hey D/C ask Richard's who their next manager is going to be, because sure as hell Jones won't be their much longer -):

He might have put Wandisco on the Arsenal kit, if that's what you mean Stan. :-))
Not a good move if that's what you mean. There is no rns to say it was company money to sponsor the football team, could have been his private money. Perhaps unlikely though. We need some big data perhaps US companies to sign up soon. A lot of conferences/courses going on with out a lot of Rns's with firm LARGE bookings.
For me he has performed excellent, with the football team sponsorship a poor choice at this time. Perhaps when David gets this company to $1bn then is the time to make sponsorship money available, not when still in loss and using share holders funds.
He has made me lets say a fortune so far and I hope for a lot more future news and sp rises.

Or did you mean Melise Jones, Stan ? If its not to do with the above, can you explain why Jones will not be there much longer?

Got there in the end :-))
Edit-you mean Dave Jones, Sheffield Wednesdays manager. Is he rubbish Stan?
must confess not a great football follower.

I think it's true to say that he is not the manager he once was D/C, IMHO of course -):

I trust you Stan. :-))

Careful now -):

Not sure now. lol

WANdisco 100% Hadoop Uptime Solution Certified by Dell
MarketwiredPress Release: WANdisco, Plc. – 4 hours ago

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/wandisco-100-hadoop-uptime-solution-130000752.html;_ylt=AlDzaVLd1RDMh2VaPA4.MTrSr7FG;_ylu=X3oDMTRmbHQxMjdmBGNjb2RlA3ZzaGFyZWFnMnVwcmVzdARtaXQDTmV3cyBGb3IgWW91BHBrZwMyODA3MmQyMy0wMjJlLTM3YzMtYTgyNi1lMTNiMWMwNjBmM2EEcG9zAzEEc2VjA25ld3NfZm9yX3lvdQR2ZXIDZjk4YjEwNDEtMDRlMS0xMWUzLWFmOGUtMmIzN2IyODI5MjFm;_ylg=X3oDMTBhY2IwdWc5BGxhbmcDZW4tR0I-;_ylv=3

Another 150,000 shares for Schroders plc

http://www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=4651398

WANdisco Earns Dell’s Seal of Approval

Maria Deutscher | August 16th



WANdisco, a rising star in the increasingly crowded Big Data space, announced that its newly released Non-Stop NameNode software has been certified for integration and interoperability with Dell PowerEdge servers.

Non-Stop NameNode WAN Edition is a networking solution that does away with the single point of failure inherent in Hadoop. It achieves this by turning every NameNode into a synchronized mirror of all the other NameNodes in a cluster, a technique that minimizes downtime, nullifies the chance of split brain scenarios, and eliminates the need for costly load-balancers and NAS devices.

“As enterprise organizations migrate Apache Hadoop from pilot projects to business critical environments, the requirement to meet business SLAs is critical to success,” said David Richards, the chief executive officer of WANdisco. “WANdisco’s Non-Stop NameNode is the only solution available for Apache Hadoop that provides 100% availability to data stored in HDFS during both planned and unplanned NameNode outages.”

WANdisco bought its way into the analytics market in November with the acquisition of AltoStor for $5 million. The company has since released an open source Hadoop distribution that combines its active-active replication with public cloud functionality.

The latest release of the WANdisco Distro (WDD) packs full compatibility with Amazon’s S3 storage service, a feature that enables enterprises to seamlessly move data and apps between their private environments and the cloud. WDD v3.6 also includes a set of utilities that makes it easier for admins to import records from web servers, data appliances, RDBMS servers and other traditional silos into Hadoop.

Earlier this week, Hortonworks – one of WANdisco’s first Big Data partners – got the green light to offer its own flagship Hadoop distribution to Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 users. The Windows edition of HDP ships with HBase, Flume, ZooKeeper and Mahout.

MoneyWeek, The UK’s best-selling financial magazine

One UK company that is focused entirely on big data is Sheffield-based WANdisco (WAND), headquartered in Sheffield, with the management and key IT developers in California, David Richards, chairman and CEO, founded the company in 2005 and expects it to achieve $1bn in sales in the fullness of time. WANdisco’s expertise is in Hadoop, which is the main big data open-source platform used by Yahoo, Facebook, Linkedin and the like.

In April, it announced its first big data contract (with a top-tier global telecom company). This came on top of first quarter revenue growth of almost 100%, and complements a client list of technology blue-chips (including Apple, Cisco, Emerson, and Fujitsu).

Growth should be rapid, and the company is investing heavily in product development, an expanded sales team and software engineers as it grabs territory in this fast-growing market. This investment will hold back short-term profits, but if Richards’ predictions are correct, the stock will be an exciting ride.




http://moneyweek.com/penny-sleuth-big-data-and-the-vast-potential-for-returns/

WANdisco Grabbing Headlines with High Availability Hadoop

Maria Deutscher | August 22nd

WANdisco is making big gains in the Hadoop ecosystem with its active-active replication technology. The company’s Non-Stop Name Node platform promises to eliminate the single point of failure inherent in the framework by synchronizing all NameNode servers deployed over a WAN. This approach has the added benefit of minimizing the chance of data corruption.

The latest version of the solution features several major enhancements, including the ability to add and remove NameNodes on the fly without risking downtime. This addition is joined by new node configurations that deliver improved availability and higher CPU utilization, and a rapid recovery function for nodes that have been unavailable for extended periods of time.

“Non-Stop NameNode WAN Edition is designed to meet the 100% uptime requirements of today’s enterprises,” said David Richards, the chief executive officer of WANdisco. “The enhancements within this release further ensure mission-critical Big Data applications can scale as workload grows and keep running even if an entire data center goes down.”

WANdisco announced Non-Stop NameNode 1.1 a few days before it received an integration and interoperability certification from Dell. According to the company, customers can now deploy the platform on the hardware vendor’s PowerEdge servers.

Non-Stop NameNode was introduced in June to complement the WANdisco Distro (WDD,) an open source Hadoop distribution that ships with the company’s active-active replication software. The most notable feature of WDD 3.6 is that it’s fully compatible with Amazon S3, which means that enterprises can deploy the service in-house and seamlessly migrate applications and data between their on-premise environments and the cloud.

Also new in v3.6 are connectors that make it much simpler for developers to import data sets from web servers, data appliances, RDBMS servers and other traditional silos into HDFS.

Holding up well, up 5%