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Notes from the Cube so far:

Q&A with Courtney Burry, Sr. Director Product Marketing, VMware:

Q: What are the real discussion points for adopting VDI?

A: The discussion is around getting to all applications in a single place across all devices and all mediums. A desktop is one of those mediums. At the end of the day, all the customer needs is to get to a secure workspace.

VMWare to tie in all software defined data centers to support all users to get at mobile apps, desktop apps, etc. We want to be flexible on delivering a solution for on-premise, cloud, hybrid, or integration with partners.

Customers are also looking for choice. Looking for a simplicity and cost effective solutions.


Q: What kind of commitment does VMWare have to stay close with partners?

A: We work closely with our partners day in and day out.
There is a huge effort, alot of validation, between our ecosystem and our partners to really drive and simplify solutions.

At the end of the day, clients want a specific solution to solve their problems.

You can expect to see a lot of collaboration with partners to ensure our customers have the right solutions.