{"id":183098,"date":"2024-12-12T16:22:46","date_gmt":"2024-12-12T22:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/?p=183098"},"modified":"2024-12-13T16:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T22:26:17","slug":"interview-with-dean-drako-now-is-a-fantastic-time-to-build-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/blog\/interview-with-dean-drako-now-is-a-fantastic-time-to-build-solutions\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Dean Drako &#8216;Now Is a Fantastic Time to Build Solutions&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Dean Drako, founder and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, talks about what drives him as an entrepreneur and why now is the perfect time for other entrepreneurs to enter the industry.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>In connection with the recently arranged security fair Skydd in Stockholm, Securityworldmarket.com interviewed Dean Drako, who was recently awarded the award Gulf South Entrepreneur of the Year 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Naturally, the starting point of the interview is this prestigious award, which is awarded annually by Ernst &amp; Young (EY).<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Congratulations! What does this award mean to you?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was a great honour to receive the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Gulf South Award. It truly reflects the hard work and dedication of the entire global team at Eagle Eye Networks. Eagle Eye Networks has been a pioneer in cloud-based video surveillance.&raquo;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What inspired you to enter the physical security market, and how do you see cloud technology shaping its future?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2012, I was running Barracuda Networks. We had offices around the world, and I wanted to ensure all offices in the U.S. and elsewhere were safe and secure. But I couldn\u2019t find a security system that was cyber-secure, maintenance-free, allowed for remote access, and could be centrally managed. As a business owner, I knew I wasn\u2019t alone in this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>By Lennart Alexandrie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.securityworldmarket.com\/int\/News\/Business-News\/now-is-a-fantastic-time-to-build-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read the full interview<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>Covered on these news sites. Click the image to read more.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.securityworldmarket.com\/int\/News\/Business-News\/now-is-a-fantastic-time-to-build-solutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.een.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.een.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gsm.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.een.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/gsm-300x189.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dean Drako, founder and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks, talks about what drives him as an entrepreneur and why now is the perfect time for other entrepreneurs to enter the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/blog\/interview-with-dean-drako-now-is-a-fantastic-time-to-build-solutions\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Interview with Dean Drako &#8216;Now Is a Fantastic Time to Build Solutions&#8217;<\/span> Les mer &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3155,"featured_media":148764,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"78104,88590,98481,98499,148096,175333","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-company-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3155"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.een.com\/nb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}