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As generative AI moves from the experimental phase into mainstream enterprise adoption, it’s driving a wave of truly game-changing innovations. Large language models are already delivering enormous value in everything from cancer detection to product design to language translation, setting in motion an estimated $4.4 trillion in annual economic value according to McKinsey1. For the […]

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We’re two-thirds of the way through 2023 and while the global economic outlook has been uncertain, CEOs in Asia-Pacific still see good growth potential in the region. According to PwC’s latest Global CEO survey, Asia-Pacific CEOs are optimistic about their own territory’s growth and relatively less pessimistic about prospects of global growth when compared to […]

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Getting Cloud-Smart to Build a More Resilient Business

VMware, along with our customers and partners, continues to discover and cultivate solutions that aim to drive meaningful change.

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The technology landscape has grown exponentially over the last decade. New technologies have appeared and multiplied as industries juggle traditional workloads on premises, modernizing workloads using public cloud services, and protecting from ransomware attacks. What I’ve seen in my experience with customers is technology teams around the globe have taken a step back from extreme […]

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Innovation on Full Display at VMware Explore 2023 Las Vegas

Each year&nbsp;VMware Explore&nbsp;is an opportunity to convene the conversation on multi-cloud, bringing together a wide range of diverse perspectives &#8211;&nbsp;from developers to&nbsp;DevSecOps, from cloud architects to platform engineering teams, and from security&nbsp;teams to employee-experience experts. It was no surprise that recent breakthroughs in generative AI dominated this year’s gathering in Las Vegas.&nbsp; To share more […]

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Learn from Aon: A Cloud-Smart Approach in a Multi-Cloud World

Since our inception, VMware has always worked to make it simple for organizations to run and manage heterogeneous workloads on shared infrastructure pools, reducing costs and energy consumption while improving security, compliance, privacy, and resiliency. The challenges posed with making Private AI successful fall into areas where VMware has decades of engineering expertise.

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VMware’s Approach to Private AI

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VMware Explore 2023 Media Kit

As the convergence of generative AI and multi-cloud technologies continues to drive the next wave of business innovation, the need for a responsible approach to AI becomes increasingly important. In this panel discussion live from VMware Explore Las Vegas, speakers will exchange ideas on the ethical principles that should guide the development of AI systems […]

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Responsible AI: What Role Should Humans Play?

If you want a good example of the way regulation can foster innovation, consider the global mobile market. Rules and standards are harmonised across borders, facilitating a global market of five billion users and wave after wave of innovation. Too often we think of regulation as a speed bump slowing us down. But done right, […]

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How regulation powers innovation

To thrive in an increasingly multi-cloud world, organizations need to simplify and optimize their cloud deployments. This can set them up for innovation and growth even in an uncertain economic climate.

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A Cloud-Smart Approach: Faster Innovation, Better Resiliency

5G, with its greater speed, lower latency and ability to connect a greater number of devices, offers telcos many exciting opportunities. To take full advantage, they need to modernise their networks.

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5G is Here: How your Business can Harness its Power

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Guru Venkatachalam is the Chief Technology Officer for VMware’s Asia Pacific and Japan business. Guru leads VMware’s efforts in Asia Pacific and Japan to build trusted partnerships with customers and partners and deliver solutions aligned to their strategic priorities. He also plays an integral role in the further developing the company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace platforms.

With over 28 years of experience in IT, Guru has deep expertise in financial services sector, where he led several large enterprise transformations, as well as global engineering teams supporting the transformation of end-user computing.

Prior to VMware, Guru worked at Citibank for over 20 years. In his final position as managing director and global-engineering head for end-user computing, he led a global team of subject matter experts and architects across global locations to deliver solutions focused on enhancing the user experience.

Guru holds an MBA from the University of South Australia and lives with his family in Singapore.

Guru Venkatachalam

Guru Venkatachalam is the Chief Technology Officer for VMware’s Asia Pacific and Japan business. Guru leads VMware’s efforts in Asia Pacific and Japan to build trusted partnerships with customers and partners and deliver solutions aligned to their strategic priorities. He also plays an integral role in the further developing the company’s cloud, app modernization, networking, security, and digital workspace platforms. With over 28 years of experience in IT, Guru has deep expertise in financial services sector, where he led several large enterprise transformations, as well as global engineering teams supporting the transformation of end-user computing. Prior to VMware, Guru worked at Citibank for over 20 years. In his final position as managing director and global-engineering head for end-user computing, he led a global team of subject matter experts and architects across global locations to deliver solutions focused on enhancing the user experience. Guru holds an MBA from the University of South Australia and lives with his family in Singapore.

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Raghu Raghuram joined VMware in 2003 and currently serves as the company’s CEO. He is an industry thought leader and has successfully steered the company’s strategy and technology evolution across VMware’s rich history.

During his tenure at VMware, Raghuram has held multiple leadership roles, most recently Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services, where he had responsibility for all of VMware’s product and service offerings and centralized services, support and operational functions. Prior, he led the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning and engineering execution. Before, he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager, and led worldwide product marketing, product management and business planning for the company, and served as part of the leadership team that took the company through its initial IPO. Raghuram began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere.

Prior to VMware, Raghuram held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Networks and Netscape. Raghuram holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

Raghu Raghuram

Raghu Raghuram joined VMware in 2003 and currently serves as the company’s CEO. He is an industry thought leader and has successfully steered the company’s strategy and technology evolution across VMware’s rich history. During his tenure at VMware, Raghuram has held multiple leadership roles, most recently Chief Operating Officer, Products and Cloud Services, where he had responsibility for all of VMware’s product and service offerings and centralized services, support and operational functions. Prior, he led the company’s software-defined data center business as the executive vice president and general manager, where he was responsible for the division’s strategy, business and product planning and engineering execution. Before, he led the company’s cloud infrastructure and management business as the general manager, and led worldwide product marketing, product management and business planning for the company, and served as part of the leadership team that took the company through its initial IPO. Raghuram began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere. Prior to VMware, Raghuram held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Networks and Netscape. Raghuram holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master&#8217;s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai.

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Sanjay Yadave is VP of Cloud for Asia Pacific &amp; Japan at VMware.

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As President of VMware, Sumit Dhawan leads the company’s go-to-market functions including WW Sales, Strategic Corporate Alliances, Customer Experience and Success (CXS), Global Industries, Marketing, and Communications. With over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, Sumit is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of building and running market-leading businesses. He is a strong advocate for delivering an exceptional experience to customers and partners, and for supporting diverse teams, inclusive cultures and equitable environments that encourage the best in everyone.

Sumit previously served as VMware’s Chief Customer Experience Officer, managing global teams responsible for professional services, technical support and customer success. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Instart, a startup delivering innovations in web application performance and security services.

Before leading Instart, Sumit served as the general manager of VMware’s End-User Computing business, establishing the company’s leadership in mobile and unified endpoint management and desktop virtualization. He has also held a number of executive roles at Citrix spanning the engineering, product development, marketing, and general management functions.

Sumit holds an MBA from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

Sumit Dhawan

As President of VMware, Sumit Dhawan leads the company’s go-to-market functions including WW Sales, Strategic Corporate Alliances, Customer Experience and Success (CXS), Global Industries, Marketing, and Communications. With over 25 years of experience in the tech industry, Sumit is a seasoned executive with a proven track record of building and running market-leading businesses. He is a strong advocate for delivering an exceptional experience to customers and partners, and for supporting diverse teams, inclusive cultures and equitable environments that encourage the best in everyone. Sumit previously served as VMware’s Chief Customer Experience Officer, managing global teams responsible for professional services, technical support and customer success. Prior to that, he was Chief Executive Officer of Instart, a startup delivering innovations in web application performance and security services. Before leading Instart, Sumit served as the general manager of VMware’s End-User Computing business, establishing the company’s leadership in mobile and unified endpoint management and desktop virtualization. He has also held a number of executive roles at Citrix spanning the engineering, product development, marketing, and general management functions. Sumit holds an MBA from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida, an MS in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota, and a BS in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).

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Sylvain Cazard is the senior vice president and general manager for VMware's business in Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Cazard is responsible for VMware's sales, business strategy and services across the region. He is adept in executing go-to-market strategy across a multi-product and multi-cloud platform supporting digital transformation of enterprises and believes that a customer centric behavior is critical for an organization’s growth.

Prior to this, Cazard was vice president for Central EMEA, responsible for driving business growth, sales and operations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia/CIS countries, Israel and Eastern Europe. Previously, he successfully led VMware’s software-defined data center business (SDDC), following three years as country manager, France and several years managing global accounts.

With more than 20 years’ hi-tech experience in Europe, Cazard started his career with SAP Business Objects in Europe, progressing through various management and sales positions in France and also as regional manager, Iberia.

Cazard graduated from the École Centrale with a degree in engineering, mechanics and computer science. He also holds an executive MBA in general management from Stanford University.

Sylvain Cazard

Sylvain Cazard is the senior vice president and general manager for VMware&#8217;s business in Asia Pacific and Japan. In this role, Cazard is responsible for VMware&#8217;s sales, business strategy and services across the region. He is adept in executing go-to-market strategy across a multi-product and multi-cloud platform supporting digital transformation of enterprises and believes that a customer centric behavior is critical for an organization’s growth. Prior to this, Cazard was vice president for Central EMEA, responsible for driving business growth, sales and operations across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Russia/CIS countries, Israel and Eastern Europe. Previously, he successfully led VMware’s software-defined data center business (SDDC), following three years as country manager, France and several years managing global accounts. With more than 20 years’ hi-tech experience in Europe, Cazard started his career with SAP Business Objects in Europe, progressing through various management and sales positions in France and also as regional manager, Iberia. Cazard graduated from the École Centrale with a degree in engineering, mechanics and computer science. He also holds an executive MBA in general management from Stanford University.

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