Milind Pandit

Our current product is Purplenova, which allows users to web-hostany content directly from any PC without limits. The content could beweb sites, applications, albums, blogs, podcasts, etc.

So what is the key problem that you solve for the majority of yourcustomers?

Presently, it is not possible to web-host from 99.9% of world'scomputers, which is why people need to host with ISPs. Our technologysolves the underlying problem of network restrictions that will nowallow web hosting directly from any PC.

Please give an overview/background of your organisation in two orthree sentences. Please include how long you have been in businessand a key commercial indicator such as turnover or size of customerbase (if you can release that information) so that we get a feel forthe size and scope of your business.

Our vision is to enable every Internet-connected device to serveweb-content securely and easily. Serving content from the PC is thefirst step towards achieving this vision. We are one year old companywith some of the most talented and dedicated individuals. We havepartnered with a few large and small organizations to offer ourproduct to their end users. However, at this point we cannot disclosetheir names and deal sizes.

What are the advantages and limitations of a home- oroffice-hosted website?

Advantages – Users are in full control. No uploads and norestriction on disk space. Users can host as much as they want. Theyare only limited by the size of the hard disks. Also, Purplenova isnot limited only to websites.

Limitations – This solution is not suitable for high-intensitye-commerce sites.

What is new about the new version of Purplenova 3.1? How can yourcurrent users upgrade to it?

In the new version, we are supporting domain name pointing. Forexample, if you have a domain name as www.yourname.com,new version will allow you to point that domain name to your PC. Inaddition 3.1 has significant performance improvements. Upgrading isvery simple. All user has to do is, to map his/her domain name to thewebsite residing in his/her folder with a single click.