A "virtual" change in my career

Well, it's official. I've joined VMware. Beginning Monday, March 10, I will be the newest addition to the Ohio Valley Strategic Sales team. I'm very excited about this incredible opportunity, and I can't wait to get started.

VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the data center. Customers of all sizes rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.33 billion, more than 100,000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest-growing public software companies. VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

VMware’s broad and proven suite of virtualization solutions addresses a range of complex challenges facing IT organizations, including:

• Server Consolidation & Infrastructure Optimization: VMware technology – including the industry’s only complete virtual infrastructure - helps organizations consolidate servers and increase utilization rates, greatly reduce power and cooling costs, and manage and automate IT processes for maximum availability, performance and scalability.


• Business Continuity: With exclusive features such as automated load balancing and live migration of virtual machines, VMware technology enables organizations to increase uptime and reduce the cost and complexity of meeting high availability and disaster recovery objectives.


• Software Lifecycle Automation: Developers and other IT professionals use VMware solutions to streamline the software development and testing process, reduce server provisioning time, and improve software quality.


• Enterprise Desktop Management: Enabling enterprises to better manage and control their desktop systems, VMware helps customers speed deployments, administer systems from a central location, and provide end-users with a satisfying physical-PC experience.