The Cloudcast #271 - VMware and the Book Store

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.

Show Links:

• 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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