Joe Baguleyn, Cloud Technology Chief, VMware
Former CTO of Quest Software
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on July 12, 2011 at 3:01 pmVMware has appointed a chief cloud technologist based in the UK offering guidance to resellers across Europe.
The newly-created role will see former Quest Software CTO Joe Baguley develop and communicate the vendor’s strategy with customers and channel partners, reporting to the CTO’s office in Palo Alto.
Paul Strong, CTO global field and customer initiatives at VMware, said that the time was right to make the appointment as many resellers and customers were making the transition to the cloud.
Baguley has cloud credentials with a decade at Quest Software as well as playing a key role in Cloud Camp and other events, plus sitting on the Industry Expert Group at SIENA.
Prior to joining Quest nine years ago, Joe held a variety of consulting positions for companies such as HP and MCI Worldcom.
He studied computer science at Imperial College, London and is a member of the British Computer Society, where he helps run the Data Centre Specialist Group and has been involved in their research and work regarding energy efficiency in data centres with other institutions including the European Commission.