DEEP DIVE
What are the regionspecific
challenges you
encounter in your role?
There are many challenges
that customers face to move to
cloud or a complete softwaredefined
architecture. Some of
these challenges are people and
process-related. Company politics,
job security and the hunger for
career growth are to name a few.
Rigid silos exist in the IT department
(server, network, storage, security)
and each silo has its own team
culture, brand and red tape. If a
company can break these silos and
learn to work as one digital team,
the business will benefit from it. The IT
department can then start moving from a
cost centre to a profit centre.
I LOVE
SPENDING
TIME WITH MY
FAMILY AND
MY FRENCH
BULLDOG,
MAURICE.
What changes to your job
role have you seen in the
last year and how do you see
these developing in the next
12 months?
I have seen many changes in my job
role in the past few years. Technology
is moving at a swift pace and one has
to keep up. The ‘super customer’ of
today do their research on the Internet,
but they are still interested in the vision,
strategy and complete solution set from
VMware. We have changed from a point
solution company to solving a customer’s
biggest business challenges. VMware can
support any cloud, any application and
device, and any worker. ◊
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