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With large amounts of sensitive data now hosted in the cloud, sovereignty is becoming an increasingly powerful influence over any cloud strategy.

With large amounts of sensitive data now hosted in the cloud, sovereignty is becoming an increasingly powerful influence over an organisation’s future cloud strategy.

Data Sovereignty: Why It Has a Powerful Influence on Your Future Cloud Strategy 

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The majority of businesses in Europe and META see cloud sovereignty as key to taking back control over data and boosting competitiveness & resilience.

Laurent Allard, Head of Sovereign Cloud, VMware, argues that the majority of businesses in Europe and META see cloud sovereignty as key to taking back control over data and boosting competitiveness & resilience.

Why Sovereign Cloud Should Be About Choice and Control

Why Sovereign Cloud Should Be About Choice and Control - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

VMware expert Spencer Pitts on why the Zero Trust model itself is not an issue. Instead, it is how many organisations have approached the model.

VMware expert Spencer Pitts, EMEA Chief Digital Workspace Technologist, on why the Zero Trust model itself is not an issue in the age of hybrid working. Instead, it is how many organisations have approached the model.

Does Zero Trust Still Work as a Security Strategy For An Evolved Workforce?

Does Zero Trust Still Work as a Security Strategy For An Evolved Workforce? - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Delivering the experience to Eurovision's international audience requires the deployment of multiple clouds. VMware's Richard Bennett says how.

5 Ways Multi-Cloud Could Be Victorious at Eurovision 2023

5 Ways Multi-Cloud Could Be Victorious at Eurovision 2023 - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

If there’s one word that has defined VMware since its founding 25 years ago, it’s innovation. As a startup, we burst onto the scene with groundbreaking virtualization solutions. As a global name, we went on to provide ubiquitous cloud infrastructure and have been leading the way in the multi-cloud era and beyond with the same […]

At RADIO 2023, the Future We Make Is Closer Than Ever - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

At RADIO 2023, the Future We Make Is Closer Than Ever

Learn from VMware's CIO how organizations can stay on track with their digital initiatives - all while controlling rising cloud costs.

Learn from VMware's CIO Jason Conyard how organizations can stay on track with their digital initiatives - all while controlling rising cloud costs.

Rising Cloud Costs: Why CIOs Must Play on Both Sides of the Field

Rising Cloud Costs: Why CIOs Must Play on Both Sides of the Field to Be Successful

VMware celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding in February this year. Marking the occasion, our CEO, Raghu Raghuram, remarked, “Our 25-year history proves that we can execute anything we set our minds to.” This truth is borne out every day at VMware as we build on our DEI momentum and work towards ensuring inclusion […]

VMware’s 2023 DEI Report: How We’re Building on the Momentum - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

VMware’s 2023 DEI Report: How We’re Building on the Momentum

Many business leaders reckon AI like ChatGPT could replace humans. VP & CTO EMEA Joe Baguley discusses the implications for society.

Nicola Acutt shares how we can start defining “enough”—and make a positive environmental impact for our shared future.

On Earth Day, What is ‘Enough’?

On Earth Day, What is ‘Enough’? - VMware News &amp; Stories - EMEA

Leading communications service providers (CSPs) are increasingly working at the cutting-edge of environmental sustainability. And it’s a good thing too—Information and Communications Technology (ICT) currently accounts for up to 10% of the world’s energy usage. With denser and more sophisticated 5G networks on the horizon, telecom networks could become an even bigger source of energy consumption and carbon emissions. Fortunately, the world’s leading CSPs are taking steps to improve efficiency and reduce emissions across their networks. And VMware is playing a major role in helping them do MORE with LESS.

VMware Helps Telcos Create a More Sustainable Future

For Earth Month, EMEA CTO Joe Baguley discusses the struggle of many businesses: relying on tech while trying to reduce the carbon footprint.

For Earth Month, EMEA CTO Joe Baguley discusses the possible hindrances of the industry's increasing reliance on technologies and their ability to reduce the carbon footprint.

Earth Month: The Decarbonisation vs Digitisation Dilemma

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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.