Leadership

A few weeks ago, my daughter came home from school upset. It had been a math test day, and she left a problem at the end of the exam blank because she didn’t know how to answer it. By her calculations, this meant it would be impossible for her to score any higher than a […]

It’s that time of year again—when many of us take a look ahead and ask—what’s coming for the new year? Predictions abound, and that’s all good, but we think 2022 is the best predictor of industry priorities over the next year and the trends we will see shaping enterprise decisions and IT spending. We caught […]

To some, process is a dirty word. People hear it, and it sounds like bureaucracy, bottlenecks, endless meetings, and paperwork. They worry about being suffocated by rules and restrictions, and losing the freedom to innovate, to think out of the box, or to make the kinds of leaps that any successful business culture must foster. They see […]

To some, process is a dirty word. People hear it, and it sounds like bureaucracy, bottlenecks, endless meetings, and paperwork. They worry about being suffocated by rules and restrictions, and losing the freedom to innovate, to think out of the box, or to make the kinds of leaps that any successful business culture must foster. They see […]

Multi-cloud computing has and continues to change IT organisations and businesses in a major way. Valentina Alaria, Jaice Singer DuMars and Susan Aoki have watched the transformation unfold on the frontline. “10 years ago, we were just pioneering SaaS, and today, software as a service and subscription is the predominant way to build, develop, run and even […]

Change always starts the same way: with an intention. But between that intention and the outcome you’re after are countless tiny actions that will ultimately determine success or failure. Bridging the gap between intention and action is hard enough when you’re an individual. The job gets exponentially harder when you want to change an organisation […]

I originally signed up for a half marathon. The 13.1-mile distance felt manageable, unlike the massive effort I imagined a full marathon would require. There was just one problem: I’ve never been good at doing things halfway. With the idea of the big race nagging at me, I decided to push my training — week […]

VMware announces Chip Childers has joined the company as vice president and Chief Open Source Officer.

When you’re thinking about how to best grow your business, it’s easy to debate modern Product-Led Growth approaches – relying on the products themselves to draw customers – versus traditional Sales-Led Growth strategies – hinging success on the power of an effective sales force. In leading VMware’s worldwide operations, I’ve come to believe the product-versus-sales […]

SINGAPORE, July 01, 2022 – VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), a leading innovator in enterprise software, today announced the appointment of Stephen Robinson as the Partner and Commercial Business Leader for Southeast Asia and Korea (SEAK). With a strong background in sales management and business development in the enterprise and commercial IT space, Stephen is well-placed […]

“It’s so hard … can we skip to the good part?” You’ve probably heard this lyric from AJR on TikTok at some point over the past few months. It’s the soundtrack to countless clips that all follow the same pattern — someone starts out with one thing, then effortlessly segues into another. From pregnancy tests […]

Last week, I attended the White House Open Source Software Security Summit, along with VMware’s Chief Security Officer, Alex Tosheff, and Michael Kennedy, our VP of Global Government Relations and Public Policy. Led by Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger, the summit was attended by both private industry leaders and […]