1. Are you compensated in any way by any vendors?
No. When the system is fully operational we will take no money from any vendors. We represent the buyer and buyer's interests only. Our intent is to level the playing field between buyers and vendors.
2. What is the cost of VAaaS?
VAaaS will be sold on a subscription basis per user seat with a one seat minimum. Currently, we are considering offering the service to users on a weekly, monthly, or yearly subscription basis. At this time the weekly rate is $69, the monthly rate is $179, and the annual rate is $649. Just to be clear, if you only have to do one assessment on one product, you may only need the service for one week...in that case, your total charge would be $69. At this time, we are getting much feedback that our pricing is too low. However, we want the product to be available and affordable to everyone, so our intent is to keep the pricing affordable as described.
3. Is there a way to interact with the VAaaS demo more directly and not have to see it as a web video?
Yes, click HERE to go directly to the VAaaS demo SIMULATION. Please note that the VAaaS simulation is not fully functional and all the various controls and inputs are not functional. It was designed to give us what we needed to build the demo video and to serve as a requirements document for the building of the architecture. Feel free to use it...you cannot cause any damage. You can move between the pages by clicking the red "Start Assessment" or "Next" buttons at the top or bottom right corners of the page.
4. I looked at your competition analysis and saw a LOT of competition. How is your product different or better than everyone else's products?
First of all, according to our very comprehensive competition analysis...there is NO comparable competition to VAaaS. We looked at everyone and anybody that had built any tools at all to help businesses perform any kind of vendor assessments or analysis. Here are some points:
-No one is collecting and presenting information on ALL cyber security products and ALL cyber security product manufacturers. It is a very difficult thing to do and we are the only ones tackling the issue. What you do have is a lot of small web sites that invite vendors to put in some (incomplete) information whenever they feel like it. As a result, the information is not only incomplete, but also out-dated and basically useless.
-Many of the competitors take money from the vendors and get a cut if you click on the link from their site and end up buying a product from the vendor's site.
5. Why is there no live "proof-of-concept" of Data1Qbit or VAaaS?
Building the proposed IT system is analogous to building a 40-story office building. We already know that there is huge demand for the product (office space/actionable cyber security data), and we know that 40-story office buildings can be built because the landscape is dotted with them. Fortunately for us, though, the landscape is not dotted with the type of valuable in-depth, readily accessible cyber security data that we intend to collect and sell.
The systems and knowledge already exist to accumulate and process data on the appropriate scale. This is clear because others have already built successful businesses around Big Data. The question then becomes "can we build that 40-story structure with the architecture that we have developed?" What investors require is for us to prove that we can.
Usually, a technology start-up requires a proof-of-concept (POC) and/or paying customers prior to funding. In this case, neither is feasible or necessary for the following reasons:
- A review of the VAaaS demo reveals that the amount and scope of data presented in the results dashboard could only be collected and processed by a fully-built data collection and processing system as carefully described elsewhere in this document.
- The global cyber security crisis has reached such epic proportions as to threaten the very underpinnings of the capitalistic system and the urgency and demand for accurate, real-time cyber security data that can be utilized by businesses (and governments) to make better cyber security decisions is clear and indisputable.
The system described in this document is poised to contribute to the solution of this problem. With respect to our ability to build the system, we offer the following proofs:
- We have an obvious, understandable, and achievable solution that can play a significant role in the mitigation of the global cyber security crisis.
- We have an imminently executable short-term and long-term business strategy with almost limitless upside and the rare opportunity to establish a market monopoly (not an overstatement) in the targeted data domain of cyber security.
- We have a meticulously planned and well-designed system architecture that can quickly be built and launched. [See the System Architecture documents in the Business Plan.]
- We have an extensive market viability survey which confirms the market demand for such a product as VAaaS and its pricing assumptions. [See the VAaaS Market Validation Survey in the Sales and Marketing section of the Business Plan.]
- We have an opportunity to create unique intellectual property that leverages off the need for, and value of, big data as it applies to multiple targeted technology domains.
- We have a core technical team that is ready to execute the system development. This team is led by a seasoned, successful founder with a rare combination of technical expertise, hands-on cyber security experience, business acumen, and extensive business and industry connections. [See Technology Team and The Company sections of the Business Plan.
- We have a stellar, well-informed Board of Advisors who understand and support the concept and the company's leadership.
6. Is there a meaning associated with the name Data1Qbit?
Yes. First of all data is somewhat self-explanatory...we are all about data and we intend to be number 1 with respect to the types of data we collect and sell.
Qbit is our abbreviation for qubit or quantum bit which is the unit of data measurement associated with quantum computing. For us, qbit signifies the leading edge of all computing and we intend to be part of that.