David Marshall
David Marshall has been involved in the technology industry for over 19 years, and he's been working with virtualization software since 1999. He was able to become an industry expert in virtualization by becoming a pioneer in that field - one of the few people in the industry allowed to work with Alpha stage server virtualization software from industry leaders: VMware (ESX Server), Connectix and Microsoft (Virtual Server).
Through the years, he has invented, marketed and helped launch a number of successful virtualization software companies and products. David holds a BS degree in Finance, an Information Technology Certification, and a number of vendor certifications from Microsoft, CompTia and others. He's also co-authored two published books: "VMware ESX Essentials in the Virtual Data Center" and "Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center" and acted as technical editor for two popular Virtualization "For Dummies" books. With his remaining spare time, David founded and operates one of the oldest independent virtualization news blogs, VMblog.com. And co-founded CloudCow.com, a publication dedicated to Cloud Computing. Starting in 2009 and continuing all the way to 2016, David has been honored with the vExpert distinction by VMware for his virtualization evangelism.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: AccelStor Will Showcase Its FlexiRemap Software and Integrations into VMware vSphere VVol and SRM at Booth 2120
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add AccelStor to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the company's I recently connected with is AccelStor, and I'm looking forward to meeting them in person at the show. The company is accelerating the paradigm shift from conventional disk arrays to modern all-flash storage. And their NeoSapphire all-flash arrays, powered by FlexiRemap software technology, deliver sustained high IOPS for business-critical applications.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Paul Donegan of AccelStor, to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you need to visit their booth.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Pivot3 will Showcase its Intelligence Engine and Hyperconverged Solutions at Booth 1554
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Pivot3 to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list again this year is Pivot3. Built on hyperconverged infrastructure, Pivot3’s advanced intelligence engine combines policy-based management, inference and orchestration capabilities, and industry-leading performance to automate management, resource allocation, workload mobility and data placement across hybrid cloud environments.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Pivot3 to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you need to visit their booth.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Veeam will Showcase Hyper-Availability and Demo the Veeam Availability Suite at Booth 1412
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Veeam to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? For years now, one of my MUST SEE vendors has always been the green team of Veeam. Back in May of this year, VMblog had a fantastic time at their annual event, VeeamON 2018, where we learned so much and had a lot of fun doing it. With the hyper-growth and hyper-sprawl of today’s data, traditional data management is not enough. Data must become Hyper‑Available. Getting there requires a new approach that merges the traditional disciplines of data backup and recovery, data protection and data security. Moving from policy-based to behavior-based management to make data both intelligent, and ultimately, self-governing. And that's where Veeam comes into play.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview with Michele Murdock, senior marketing manager and Rick Vanover, Director of Product Strategy of Veeam, to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you should make sure to visit them.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Veritas Will Showcase the Latest NetBackup, VMware Hyperconverged Data Protection with CloudPoint and More at Booth 1242
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Veritas to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year is Veritas. Using the Veritas platform, customers can accelerate their digital transformation and solve pressing IT and business challenges including multi-cloud data management, data protection, storage optimization, compliance readiness and workload portability - with no cloud vendor lock-in.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Veritas to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you need to make sure to visit their booth.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Datrium will Showcase Cloud DR with CloudShift and VMware Cloud on AWS at Booth 1350 Share2
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Datrium to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year is Datrium. The company is a leader in Open Converged Infrastructure for hybrid cloud, converging Tier 1 HCI, scale-out backup and cloud disaster recovery for vastly simpler administration, protection of hybrid cloud infrastructure, and higher IO performance than available with traditional alternatives. And I'm really looking forward to seeing a demo of their new CloudShift DR orchestration service.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview between VMblog and Datrium to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you need to make sure to visit their booth.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Quali will Showcase Cloud and DevOps Automation and will Demo CloudShell 9.0 at Booth 1660
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Quali to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year is Quali. They are a leading provider of enterprise sandbox software for cloud and DevOps automation delivering environments-as-a-service. With its flagship CloudShell platform and blueprint-based approach, Quali gives Dev/Test teams, sales and support professionals, as well as architects, access to on-demand, self-service replicas of complex production environments that work on private, public and hybrid cloud deployments.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview with Shashi Kiran, CMO of Quali, to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event and why you need to make sure to visit them.
Pivot3 today announced that it experienced another quarter of significant growth, with a more than 60-percent increase in bookings in Q1 2018 compared to Q1 2017, and large enterprise and Fortune 1000 customers representing 67 percent of its Q1 sales. Additionally, after bringing its advanced policy-based and priority-aware intelligence engine to market in 2017, Pivot3 saw a 56-percent increase in customers using its HCI to support multiple mixed-application workloads from Q4 2017 to Q1 2018.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Densify Showcases Next-Generation Cloud Optimization at Booth 1178
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Densify to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's MUST SEE list this year is Densify. They are delivering a next-generation cloud optimization service that automatically matches application demands with the right cloud resources in real time using a patented machine learning analytics engine. This stuff is cool. They can find the optimal cloud resource for each application by continuously learning your applications’ usage patterns and analyzing this data against complete understanding of cloud service offerings and pricing across all major cloud providers.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview with Densify to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: Morpheus Data Showcases Latest Enhancements to Its Powerful Cloud Management Platform at Booth 2136
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add Morpheus Data to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? This year, VMblog is excited to check out Morpheus Data and get a deeper dive into the companies powerful cloud management platform. With over 75 third party integrations shipped 'out-of-the-box,' Morpheus Data can connect into virtually every cloud, platform, and app lifecycle tool currently found in enterprise IT shops.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview with Brad Parks of Morpheus Data to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event.
VMworld 2018 Q&A: ThinPrint Showcases Its Comprehensive Portfolio of Private and Public Cloud Print Solutions at Booth 2007
Are you attending VMworld 2018 in Las Vegas, NV? If so, I invite you to add ThinPrint to your MUST SEE list of vendors.
With so many vendors exhibiting at VMworld, how do you know which booths to visit and who to get on your busy schedule? One of the companies on VMblog's list this year is ThinPrint. You'll want to visit with ThinPrint experts to discuss the features and benefits that ThinPrint brings to VDI, mobile, cloud and local workstation environments. And after viewing their technology, you'll understand why ThinPrint was chosen to be the exclusive supplier of print technology to VMware. Visit them to find out how ThinPrint optimizes printing and lowers costs, and allows users to print successfully and securely every time.
Read this exclusive pre-show interview with ThinPrint to learn what they have planned for the upcoming VMworld 2018 event.