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VMware announced innovations to meet the evolving needs of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises.

VMware announces innovations to meet the evolving needs of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises

VMware Announces Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2023 that Enable Service Providers and Enterprises to Expand 5G Capabilities - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

VMware Announces Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2023 that Enable Service Providers and Enterprises to Expand 5G Capabilities

VMware announced innovations and expanded partnerships to meet the evolving needs of Communications Service Providers (CSPs) and enterprises

Through innovations that enable RAN and edge transformation, improve telco efficiency, and enable smarter networking, VMware is helping global CSPs become cloud smart and thrive in the digital era.

CSPs Harness the Power of 5G with VMware

Communications Service Providers Harness the Power of 5G with VMware - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Communications Service Providers Harness the Power of 5G with VMware

VMware announced that Vodafone Qatar has selected VMware Telco Cloud Platform as the cornerstone of its modern cloud platform.

Vodafone Qatar Selects VMware Solutions to Enhance 5G Services Roll-out

Vodafone Qatar Selects VMware Solutions to Enhance 5G Services Roll-out, Embrace Modern Applications and Support Qatar’s Growing Digital Economy - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Vodafone Qatar Selects VMware Solutions to Enhance 5G Services Roll-out, Embrace Modern Applications and Support Qatar’s Growing Digital Economy

VMware announced an expanded collaboration with Samsung resulting in the integration of Samsung’s O-RAN compliant virtualized RAN solutions and VMware Telco Cloud Platform as part of the DISH Wireless 5G network buildout.

VMware Collaborates with Samsung on Virtualized RAN to Pave Way for Open 5G Networks

VMware Collaborates with Samsung on Virtualized RAN to Pave Way for Open 5G Networks - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

NTT DATA and VMware collaborate to accelerate Open RAN adoption and deployment

NTT DATA and VMware Collaborate to Accelerate Open RAN Adoption and Deployment

NTT DATA and VMware Collaborate to Accelerate Open RAN Adoption and Deployment - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

The telco industry is gearing itself up to take advantage of the potential of 5G. The victors may not be the traditional heavyweights, but those who can adapt quickest.

Multi-Cloud Flexibility Heats up 5G Opportunity for Ice Norway

Multi-Cloud Flexibility Heats up 5G Opportunity for Ice Norway - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Our relationship with energy needs to transform, and Greenhouse gas emissions must fall. It’s going to take all of us in the ICT sector to step up.

How Do We Co-Innovate to Accelerate Energy Transformation?

VMware is unveiling new product innovations and partnerships that will enable CSPs to rapidly modernize their networks.

VMware Spurs CSP Network Modernization with Major Advances in Telco Cloud Portfolio

VMware Spurs CSP Network Modernization with Major Advances in Telco Cloud Portfolio - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Tigo selected VMware Cloud as its common multi-cloud infrastructure across operations and business units. Since implementing VMware Cloud, Tigo has become more agile and efficient, and the team is gaining the cloud skills it needs to embrace new features in the future.

Virgin Media O2 UK has selected VMware to help modernise its network and enable the continued success of its 5G rollout. Learn more:

Virgin Media O2 Partners with VMware to Complete 5G Roll-Out Across UK and EU

Virgin Media O2 Partners with VMware to Complete 5G Roll-Out Across UK and EU - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Virgin Media O2 UK has selected @VMware to help modernise its network and enable the continued success of its 5G rollout. Learn more:

VMware announces research grants for 6G-life and CeTI at TU Dresden and Telecommunication Networks Group (TKN) at TU Berlin. Learn more:

VMware Collaborates with German Universities on Automating Life; VMware’s Path to 6G

VMware Collaborates with German Universities on Automating Life;  VMware’s Path to 6G - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

VMware Collaborates with German Universities on Automating Life;  VMware’s Path to 6G

VMware and AWS are working together to enable service providers to streamline operations and automation, optimize network traffic and provide a superior end-user experience. Learn More:

AWS and VMware Collaborate across 5G and Edge Computing Solutions

AWS and VMware Collaborate Across 5G and Edge Computing Solutions - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

AWS and VMware Collaborate Across 5G and Edge Computing Solutions

VMware and AWS are working together to enable service providers to streamline operations and automation, optimize network traffic and provide a superior end-user experience. Learn more:

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Joe Baguley is VMware’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA, joining VMware in July 2011. He helps develop and communicate VMware’s strategy and vision with customers and partners, using his wealth of experience to help organizations reduce costs and better support users and business needs. As part of VMware’s Office of the CTO and its representative in EMEA, Joe assists VMware’s customers in understanding how to use today’s advances in technology to deliver real business impact and plan for disruptive technologies of the future, as well as working with them to inform VMware’s R&amp;D processes.

Joe is a recognized leader within the European technical community and is considered one of the world’s most influential IT global leaders, currently positioned 26th on Tenfold’s global list of the top 79 Chief Technology Officers. He speaks regularly at industry events, including The Economist’s Innovation Summit, to the broadcast media, including BBC World News and BBC Talking Business, and appeared in the Computer Weekly UKtech50 and the Information Age Top 50 Data Leaders.

He has played a key role in CloudCamp and other events, communicating how cloud technology fits into the broader IT landscape.

Joe previously spent 10 years at Quest Software where he was CTO of EMEA, shaping its direction and strategy.

He is a member of VMware’s Executive Sustainability Council, a formalized component of the company’s Corporate Sustainability Strategy to provide insight and oversight, and to drive cross-company initiatives. In addition, Joe is also on several advisory boards at the European Commission and ETSI and is a founding committee member of the Data Centre Specialist Group at the British Computer Society, which helped shape the European Code of Conduct for Data Centres.

Joe is based in the U.K. with a remit across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Joe Baguley

Joe Baguley is VMware’s Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for EMEA, joining VMware in July 2011. He helps develop and communicate VMware’s strategy and vision with customers and partners, using his wealth of experience to help organizations reduce costs and better support users and business needs. As part of VMware’s Office of the CTO and its representative in EMEA, Joe assists VMware’s customers in understanding how to use today’s advances in technology to deliver real business impact and plan for disruptive technologies of the future, as well as working with them to inform VMware’s R&amp;D processes. Joe is a recognized leader within the European technical community and is considered one of the world’s most influential IT global leaders, currently positioned 26th on Tenfold’s global list of the top 79 Chief Technology Officers. He speaks regularly at industry events, including The Economist’s Innovation Summit, to the broadcast media, including BBC World News and BBC Talking Business, and appeared in the Computer Weekly UKtech50 and the Information Age Top 50 Data Leaders. He has played a key role in CloudCamp and other events, communicating how cloud technology fits into the broader IT landscape. Joe previously spent 10 years at Quest Software where he was CTO of EMEA, shaping its direction and strategy. He is a member of VMware’s Executive Sustainability Council, a formalized component of the company’s Corporate Sustainability Strategy to provide insight and oversight, and to drive cross-company initiatives. In addition, Joe is also on several advisory boards at the European Commission and ETSI and is a founding committee member of the Data Centre Specialist Group at the British Computer Society, which helped shape the European Code of Conduct for Data Centres. Joe is based in the U.K. with a remit across Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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Kit Colbert joined VMware in September 2003 (following an internship in 2002) and currently serves as senior vice president and chief technology officer. He is responsible for ensuring VMware’s long term technology leadership through research and innovation programs, with the primary goal of positively impacting and shaping the future of VMware, its ecosystem, and its customers. As CTO, Colbert’s will shape the technical vision for the company, and the transformation to a cloud and subscription-centric R&amp;D organization. His oversight includes advancing research and development efforts, overseeing the VMware Engineering Services team, the Design/UX team and the company’s ESG commitments.

Prior to September 2021, Colbert served in multiple roles, including VMware’s Cloud CTO, General Manager of VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps business, CTO for VMware’s End-User Computing Business, and as the lead architect for the VMware vRealize Operations Suite. Colbert joined VMware as the technical lead behind the creation, development and delivery of the vMotion and Storage vMotion features in VMware vSphere.

Colbert is a recognized thought-leader on application modernization and multi-cloud trends. He speaks regularly at industry conferences and serves as the multi-cloud voice for the <a href="https://octo.vmware.com/author/kit_colbert/">VMware Office of the CTO blog</a>.

Colbert holds a bachelor’s of science in computer science from Brown University.

Kit Colbert

Kit Colbert joined VMware in September 2003 (following an internship in 2002) and currently serves as senior vice president and chief technology officer. He is responsible for ensuring VMware’s long term technology leadership through research and innovation programs, with the primary goal of positively impacting and shaping the future of VMware, its ecosystem, and its customers. As CTO, Colbert’s will shape the technical vision for the company, and the transformation to a cloud and subscription-centric R&amp;D organization. His oversight includes advancing research and development efforts, overseeing the VMware Engineering Services team, the Design/UX team and the company’s ESG commitments. Prior to September 2021, Colbert served in multiple roles, including VMware’s Cloud CTO, General Manager of VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps business, CTO for VMware’s End-User Computing Business, and as the lead architect for the VMware vRealize Operations Suite. Colbert joined VMware as the technical lead behind the creation, development and delivery of the vMotion and Storage vMotion features in VMware vSphere. Colbert is a recognized thought-leader on application modernization and multi-cloud trends. He speaks regularly at industry conferences and serves as the multi-cloud voice for the VMware Office of the CTO blog. Colbert holds a bachelor’s of science in computer science from Brown University.

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Three Ways Telcos Can Balance Innovation and Sustainability

VMware Announces Innovations at Mobile World Congress 2023 that Enable Service Providers and Enterprises to Expand 5G Capabilities

Communications Service Providers Harness the Power of 5G with VMware

Vodafone Qatar Selects VMware Solutions to Enhance 5G Services Roll‑out, Embrace Modern Applications and Support Qatar’s Growing Digital Economy

VMware Collaborates with Samsung on Virtualized RAN to Pave Way for Open 5G Networks

NTT DATA and VMware Collaborate to Accelerate Open RAN Adoption and Deployment

Multi‑Cloud Flexibility Heats up 5G Opportunity for Ice Norway

How Do We Co‑Innovate to Accelerate Energy Transformation?

VMware Spurs CSP Network Modernization with Major Advances in Telco Cloud Portfolio

Virgin Media O2 Partners with VMware to Complete 5G Roll‑Out Across UK and EU

VMware Collaborates with German Universities on Automating Life; VMware’s Path to 6G

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