The Cloudcast #271 - VMware and the Book Store


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Oct 13 2016 35 mins   1
Aaron and Brian talk with Greg Knieriemen (@knieriemen, @SpeakingInTech podcast) and Keith Townsend (@CTOAdvisor, CTOAdvisor podcast) about today’s announcement of VMware vCloud on AWS.

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  • Get a free book from O'Reilly media or use promo code PCBW for a discount - 40% off Print Books and 50% off eBooks and videos

  • VMware Cloud on AWS




Show Notes:






  • Topic 1 - What happened today? What are the basics that we know about this announcement?



  • Topic 1a - Why didn’t this happen 2, 3 or 4 years ago?



  • Topic 2 - Why do you think each of these companies agreed to this deal/arrangement?



  • Topic 3 - What does this say about VMware? About the Dell/EMC relationship with VMware? About the vCloud Network of SPs? About Dell and Azure?



  • Topic 4 - What does this say about AWS?



  • Topic 5 - Who are the potential winners and potential losers, and where do the ripples in the industry go from here (or do they)?


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