Giving jetpacks to cavemen - Pete Flecha, John Nicholson - Ep31

Tech Interviews

Over the last 15 years or so, there has been major shifts in the way we deliver technology in the enterprise, cloud, mobility and of course virtualisation. You can't look at the virtualisation industry without looking at the company who has defined the industry more than any other, VMware. However, they are not immune to change and the world is certainly changing as we become more application and data centric and with this our expectations of how we consume our IT services has also changed. How are VMware changing in response? On this weeks show I managed to catch up with the hosts of the excellent VMware Virtually Speaking podcast, Pete Flecha and John Nicholson, to ask this question and find out how VMware are changing, how they see the needs of their customers evolving and what future trends they see as the next important areas for focus. We discuss how technology not only needs to be resilient but also smart. We look at how organisations want their IT to be able to easily consume and integrate "cloud" into their on-prem solutions. The guys also talk about VMware's shift toward simplifying the technology stack allowing us to focus on our applications and data and not the complexity of the infrastructure below it. Pete and John provide a fantastic insight into how our organisations technology requirements are changing and how VMware are changing to remain a relevant and important part of our IT stack. John also introduces me to my all time favourite analogy that involves cavemen and jetpacks. Enjoy the show. Full show notes are here... http://wp.me/p4IvtA-1aM