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.”
The Intelligent Edge: How Smart Solution Providers Are Creating New Services Blueprints
The edge is where the action is. The opportunity which incorporates networking, security, IoT, power, storage and emerging technologies like 5G has solution providers in prime position to find new target markets and create a services blueprint for the future. By Mark Haranas, Gina Narcisi December 14, 2020, 09:00 AM EST
It’s being hailed as the biggest opportunity since the cloud and as the fuel that will power the next wave of digital transformation. It’s also seen as the answer to the biggest IT riddle of today: how to collect, secure and process the explosion of data being generated at warp speed. Edge computing is the new IT frontier for the data decade ahead.