Bengaluru R&D centre to pilot NetApp’s journey into data space

NetApp CEO George Kurian is turning the company’s R&D centre in Bengaluru into a multi-function site as a part of his strategy to transform the legacy storage firm into a data management company. Kurian, one of several Indian-origin CEOs in Silicon Valley, spoke to Megha Mandavia about India’s role in the company’s multiyear transformation plan. Excerpts