VMware Partners Weigh In On New CEO: ‘Big Shoes To Fill’
‘They need to get somebody that understands the modern requirements for the organization: the agility, the cloud-first models, Kubernetes and containers,’ says Bob Keblusek, CTO of VMware partner Sentinel Technologies. By Mark Haranas January 15, 2021, 12:32 PM EST
VMware channel partners are hopeful the $11.7 billion virtualization superstar will find a new leader that elevates VMware even further in a hybrid cloud world as CEO Pat Gelsinger leaves to head Intel.
“VMware has some big shoes to fill right now,” said Rob Steele, chief technology officer at Sanford, Fla.-based solution provider Skyhive. “They definitely have a deep bench through the whole Dell Technologies family. There’s a lot of room for growth. … There’s also a lot of new technologies and companies that VMware has accumulated over the past few years that could be the solution.”