Sanjay Poonen
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CEO & President @ Cohesity | Board of Philips, Snyk | Tech Investor | Christian, Immigrant | Loves Faith, Family, Technology, Leadership, Sports & Music
Los Altos, CA
Joined December 2007
If you haven't read all the talk around the @Tesla Earnings call with @ElonMusk, you should read the transcript I agree with @JimCramer it was one of the best ever There is only one Elon Musk in the world. Classic!.
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Incredible scene of role model leadership. #CRO President.Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović drying the tears of her teams captain #Modric, soaked in rain, without an umbrella! #WorldCupFinal. #Croatia won our hearts.
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It's been a great time @VMware the past 7 yrs; friendships created, all we’ve built together, employees touched, and customers/partners impacted. Also excited about what I’m going to be doing next. More on my next adventure in the next few weeks and months, stay tuned.
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Two Indians at #DellTechWorld!:) Huge respect for my friend, @SatyaNadella, for all he has accomplished and his role model leadership. Didn't think I would see a day that @VMware + @Microsoft partnering, Satya's sponsorship made the difference. Customers win! $MSFT $DELL $VMW
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Big week for @RaghuRaghuram, new CEO of @VMware, delighted for him, he's been like an elder bro to me! Now Raghu, we need to go to the @Warriors playoffs (fully vaccinated), like we did in this photo in 2018 when #Dubs swept @Cavs. This time however, the CEO pays for tickets!!!😃
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Some important news today. I've decided to join @Cohesity as the new CEO & President.1) Here's the blog of "Why I joined Cohesity" .2) Super excited about the partnership with my "splash brothers" friend, Founder @MohitAron, see .
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Happy 80th Birthday, to my role model and godly example, my dad, @ZacPoonen. Great to be in Bangalore and celebrate his birthday at my home church, CFC India. We love you dad, God bless you with many more!
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We may compete, but I have a ton of respect for what @dheeraj has built!.
A beautiful photo of two fierce competitors and leaders changing the IT industry sitting next to each other ^--^ '#AllToGetherNow' captured in a single picture w/ @spoonen @VMware and @dheeraj @nutanix >> respect, honest, humble, hungry - is the norm -
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Congrats @PGelsinger, on what I know is a dream come true for you, becoming CEO of @Intel, a tech icon. The industry needs a strong Intel, and they are a great @VMware partner. Thank you for being such an incredible CEO for 8+ yrs here. We are sad for all of us, but happy for you.
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BIG NEWS: Building on partnership at @Google Next Conf, excited to announce next phase of @VMware + @GCPCloud partnership with my good friend Thomas Kurian #GoogleCloud CEO. VMware SDDC running in GCP, win-win for joint customers!
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Overjoyed to spend a momentous birthday today with my dearest family and friends. My parents made me this cute birthday card, celebrating the very same day as #Apollo50th ! Thx for many of your birthday msgs to me today. #Grateful for the many blessings I least deserve! 😀
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BIG DAY FOR #VMware: Now, ALL 6 public clouds as ranked by #Gartner, rely on @VMware as the best hybrid cloud bridge to/from the public cloud - @AWSCloud @Azure @GoogleCloud @IBMCloud @OracleCloud @Alibaba_Cloud. #OracleOpenWorld #OOW19
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My warmest congrats to good friend Arvind Krishna, on being named CEO of the iconic American company, @IBM As a fellow Indian-American immigrant, so proud to see such leaders at @Microsoft @Google @Adobe @IBM @Mastercard & other Fortune 500 brands!.
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Ok, we finally caved in and my 3 kids convinced us to get a dog!!! A #PandemicPet is a great idea! Arrives this week. Next comes the naming decision, #StarWars names are the top choice. any suggestions for this cute cavapoo?
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This email from a customer to @PGelsinger & me, made my day. I have redacted the customer name, and the internal person's name. But, it shows how PRODUCT INNOVATION + CUSTOMER SATISFACTION are our north star focus. Thank you @VMware team!
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This is awesome @Malala.
Meghan and I are on the same page: we both believe that when girls have access to education, everyone wins. Thank you so much to The Duke and Duchess of Sussex for sitting down with me to have an important conversation about the future of our world. ♥️
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While we fight the pandemic and social injustice, a group of 30 of us @VMware decided to create music virtually from our #ShelterInPlace homes to #LetItShine. Here it is, produced by Vittorio Viarengo and yours truly - "This Little Light of Mine". Enjoy!
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Happy 52nd Anniversary, Dad & Mom, grateful for all I have learnt from you about a Godly marriage. "A cord of 3 strands cannot be broken" - Ecclesiastes 4:12. Wishing you many more @ZacPoonen
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Great to welcome the legendary @MagicJohnson to the beautiful campus @VMware, aa he shared his incredible story. #BlackHistoryMonth
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Saddened by passing away of an American icon #JohnLewis, my fav memories was this photo 2 yrs ago. I felt I was in the company of Gandhi, Mandela or MLK. "If you see something that is not right, not fair, not just, you have a moral obligation to do something about it"
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My #WednesdayWisdom = Music, a joy of my life. Here is one of my favs, #Georgia by #RayCharles - the piano on a big boat somewhere in the Mediterranean @VMware SalesClub a few weeks ago. Enjoy.
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Am overwhelmed by the grateful overflow of tears and joy, in response to my hosting #NobelPeacePrize Winner at #VMworld in my keynote. A highlight moment of my life! #VMwareCares
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As an Indian-born American, great to see India PM @NarendraModi take main stage at #Davos as India ascends to one of Top5 economies in the world for first time in 100+ years
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My thanks to all @VMware employees, customers and partners on a strong Q4 across all products and all geos. As I've said before, we remain humble and hungry, focused on #Innovation and #CustomerObsession.
#BreakingNews: VMware announces record annual revenue of $8.97 billion, increasing 14% year-over-year. $VMW #VMware
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Thank you all, for your birthday greetings! Grateful to be able to see all the Poonens this week (including these 5), on as best as we could manage, a "socially-distant" family reunion. Deeply grateful to God for the 3Fs in my life - FAITH, FAMILY. FRIENDS!
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Wishing this man a very happy 15yr anniversary @VMware. He was the original architect of vMotion in @VMwarevSphere years ago. He was my first EUC CTO, helped me architect @WorkspaceONE. He is now our CTO for Cloud Platform BU. He has @VMware in his blood! We love you @KitColbert!
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Always great to meet up and learn from my good friend and former boss @PGelsinger, now transforming @Intel!
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Congratulations to my good friend @RaghuRaghuram on your well-deserved promotion to CEO! With his tenure of 18 years at VMware, Raghu is practically a founder. I know he will take the company to new heights in the years to come,, I am cheering on!.
I am honored and thrilled to lead @VMware as the next CEO. We have an enormous opportunity in front of us and are uniquely poised to lead the multi-cloud computing era. http:/www.vmware.com/go/newceo.
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I'm excited to announce that I am joining the Board of Directors of @SnykSec, see announcement below. Application security for developers, is the next hot category of #Security. Honored to support @PeterCMcKay @GuyPod and team. .
We're excited to announce and welcome @spoonen to Snyk’s Board of Directors! 🦄. Read the announcement:
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My thanks @VMware family, on a solid Q1 in the midst of the pandemic. Focusing on customers & partners pays off, even if #ShelterInPlace!.1 Multi-Cloud @VMwareCloudAWS.2 Digital Workspace @WorkspaceONE.3 Security @VMW_CarbonBlack.4 Networking @VMwareNSX.5 Modern Apps @VMwareTanzu.
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Thank you @VMware customers, partners and employees for a great 2020, and helping us cross the $10B revenue mark! Like the momentum with: .* EUC (@WorkspaceONE ).* Networking (@VMwareNSX) .* HCI (@VxRail / @VMwareVSAN).* Security (@VMW_CarbonBlack).
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This summer marks 30 yrs since I came to the Silicon Valley as an immigrant. Grateful to my first manager @Apple, Clayton Lewis, who gave this young @Dartmouth CS grad, a lucky break in a great SW team building O/S & compiler tech. Thank you Clayton! (left of me in this photo)
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My thanks to all @VMware employees, customers, partners on a solid Q2, thru the tough pandemic. Product Innovation and Customer Obsession remain our focus. Glad to see momentum in Subscription & SaaS revenue - esp. Multi-Cloud, Digital Workspace, Security and App Modernization.
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Boom! Excited to announce the acquisition of @Heptio, welcome the creators of #Kubernetes to @VMware. We are making an increased commitment to be THE enterprise platform for Containers, surpassing all othera, just like we were for VMs, building on #PKS, at #VMworld.
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The 3 @VMware Amigos (or if you like the Hindi movie, ala The 3 Idiots), enjoying the @49ers WIN! #SuperBowl bound, lets #GoNiners #NinerNation #BayAreaFootballFever
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Great to celebrate vaccinated life with my 78yr old mother, Annie Poonen, on a week off in San Diego. #NationalWalkingDay on the beach in La Jolla
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Nice to see @VMware named in the @FortuneMagazine "Top 50 Companies Focused on the Future", this below was in the Nov edition. Grateful to all our employees, customers and partners - helping us pioneer innovation, eg #Containers #Security and more. #KubeCon
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54yrs ago, Kathy and my marriage would have been illlegal in 16 US states. Remembering June 12, 1967 when Richard & Mildred Loving fought and won the interracial marriage at the #SupremeCourt. #Grateful #LovingDay
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On this #NationalDoctorsDay, to every doctor and healthcare professional battling this #COVID pandemic -- THANK YOU. You are heroes!. And to one special doctor in my life, my 77-year old mom, Dr. Annie Poonen, you are MY hero!
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My thanks @VMware family, on a solid Q1. In Sales, we measure our life in qtrs served😀! This is my last qtr (of 18) running our GTM teams. Proud of all we've accomplished together, beating expectations almost every qtr. Thank you customers/partners/employees, you're all winners!.
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Wishing everyone @VMware the very best!.
Sanjay Poonen On Leaving VMware And New CEO Raghuram: @VMware’s COO @spoonen talks to @CRN about leaving the company Friday, new VMware CEO @RaghuRaghuram, his message to @VMware_Partners and what the future holds for the technology visionary. #VMware
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Meeting a new employee in person, seems so surreal in 2020, after many virtual-only, avatar-type mtgs!:) As such, so glad to "meet" our new SVP of Channels & Commercial, @SandyHogan, at our beautiful @VMware Palo Alto campus - for the first time in person! She's the real deal!
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Our thanks and gratitude to our @VMware customers, partners and most of all our incredible employees, for a good start to fiscal 2020. Innovation and momentum in @VMwareNSX, @VMwareVSAN / @VxRail, @WorkspaceONE, Management and Hybrid Cloud solutions.
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Congrats @VMware team - employees, customers, partners - on a solid Q3! Product innovation & customer intimacy pays off. Love growth in:.✅#Networking (@VMwareNSX).✅#HyperConverged (@VMwareVSAN @VxRail).✅#DigitalWorkspace (@WorkspaceONE) .✅now #Security (@VMW_CarbonBlack).
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Enjoyed spending a week in a campervan with the family, driving 1400km around the beautiful south island of #NewZealand. Gorgeous country. #Refreshed #HappyNewYear
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One of my Indian friends sent me this newspaper clip from the Malayalam @ManoramaNews Feb edition, for those of you fellow Kerala Malayalees who can read this. about Indian-American business leaders. my grandparents would have loved this, they read this newspaper a lot.
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This was my farewell song that I sent around @VMware this week - an adaptation of my fav kids song - "You've Got A Friend In Me"!😊Done with a few amateur musicians friends (@CareAndKickButt @therealtomcorn @divs1101 Brittany Jones). Enjoy!.
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#HappyNewYear to all of you. What a joy it was to spend the last week of 2017 with the hero of my life, my Mom, Annie Poonen, celebrating her 75th Birthday in Bangalore! I have learned so much about #ServantLeadership, from her.
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Excited about the partnership today announced at #DellTechWorld between @DellTech @Microsoft @VMware in #Cloud and #Client technologies. Great day for #VMware extending our vision in a any-cloud, any-device, any-app world!
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Thanks, honored to be on this list of Top 10 COOs. .
Innovation Excellence Ranks the Top 10 Innovative COO’s on Social Media - - Julie Anixter - #innovation #operations #leadership #top10 #socialmedia #twitter #sm
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Great to see 10,000 @VMware folks and their families on our #PaloAlto campus for our fall #Halloween party, where we hosted the incredible singer @kelly_clarkson! Thx to the world's best Chief People Officer, @BetsySutter & team, for this annual event, her brainchild! #VMWat20yrs
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Enjoyed talking w/ @JimCramer @MadMoneyOnCNBC on:.1) @VMware "birthright" to go big w/ #Containers #Kubernetes @Pivotal. Think #Tanzu = #ContainerWare.2) Our plans to revolutionize #Security w/ @CarbonBlack_Inc & more.3) Music & #RayCharles!:) Video @CNBC.
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Dear Team @Pivotal, . Welcome to @VMware!. Together we look forward to pioneering #Tanzu, the best Enterprise #Kubernetes Container Platform, with full range of Build, Run, Manage solutions and the industry's largest/best team!. More in @ray_ofarrell blog:
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This Magic Quadrant for #HyperConverged is amazing to read. @VMware was nowhere on the map 3yrs ago. Like the movie #Seabiscuit, we came from behind to now lead. Product Innovation & Customer Obsession. Congrats VMW HCI team, thx to our customers, partners.
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Great to meet with the India delegation in Davos at #WEF19. Good commentary by @amitabhk87 @naralokesh. Lots of promise for my home country in GDP growth, digital transformation, people talent and more.
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Hilarious! Comedian @therealrussellp Russell Peters, on the difference between north Indians and south Indians, and why south Indians can code.
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Congrats to the entire @VMware team - employees, customers, partners, on a another solid quarter - across all geos and products. Also, super excited about our two M&A announcements in Modern Apps (@Pivotal) and Security (@CarbonBlack_Inc) - innovation continues!.
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Here is a recording of my @VMware comments with Thomas Kurian @GoogleCloud keynote this morning at #GoogleNext19. Lots of #Kubernetes @VMwareNSX @VeloCloud @VMwareVSAN @DellTech @VxRail #HyperConverged @Boomi @WorkspaceONE all wrapped into 4min
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Nice way to start #2019, Blue Ponds, near Wanaka, #NewZealand. With prayer, family and #NewYearResolutions. #HappyNewYear to you all!
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What a joy and honor it was to have my good friend, mentor and former boss, @BillRMcDermott keynote a fireside chat at our @VMware Company Kickoff #WWKO. Pearls of wisdom. Thank you Bill, friends for life, you inspire the WINNER'S DREAM!
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Excited to announce @VMware intent to acquire @Datrium.for Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service for Hybrid Cloud. #InnovationContinues. Congrats @jgilmart & team!.
#BreakingNews: @VMware Announces Intent to Acquire @Datrium to Provide Disaster Recovery-as-a-Service for Hybrid Cloud Environments.
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Looking forward to keynoting today at #VMWorld2018 + hosting @Malala and our special customer guests. Be there at 9am IN PERSON IN THE ARENA, we will not be webcasting the @Malala part externally, so hope to see many of you in the arena in person. #VMWorld Rocks
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Starting today, you will start seeing really cool @VMware Ads on US Cable TV channels, showcasing stories of how we are serving customers, and furthering our brand awareness. Tweet #VMwareAds if you like the Ads, with your reaction to them. Enjoy! @aj_herrera @carol_carolling
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Congrats to the entire @VMware family of employees, customers & partners on a good Q4 and FY. Our focus on these 2 areas are in line with CIO priorities:.1) Cloud & App Modernization.2) Workspace & Security .Excited about co-innovating more with customers in FY22.
#BreakingNews: VMware announced annual revenue of $11.8 billion, increasing 9% year-over-year. $VMW #VMware
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Great to be in India at my home church, CFC, annual conference, being spiritually refreshed Also celebrated an early Nov 5. 79th birthday with my precious dad @zacpoonen cc @jeremyutley @spoonen3
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Happy Birthday Dad, great to celebrate #82 with you and Mom, over lunch at Miramar Beach, CA. Thanks for the impact you've had on my life + 26 other Poonens that @ZacPoonen is patriarch to!:) God bless.
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A little fun on @MadMoneyOnCNBC with @JimCramer #CloudKing #Booyah @VMware. You can watch the segment @CNBC 6pm EST
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Please join me in welcoming these 2 dynamic leaders to @VMware GTM team:.1) Paula Hodgins, SVP of Global Accounts & Telco (ex-@HPE, @Microsoft) 2) Jennifer Manry, VP of Financial Services Solutions (ex-@BankofAmerica, @CapitalOne)
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This week's story. Diehard #HyperConverged competitor (you guess who!), sends customer a scathing FUD email with bogus info on @VMwareVSAN.We are asked to respond.3 outcomes ensued.1)Competitor reveals their playbook.2)They lose the deal.3)Their sales rep applies for job @VMware!
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I'm going to enjoy watching this for years to come. My 11 year son, Alex, bowling (#Cricket) to his 81 year old grandfather, @ZacPoonen. #PoonenLife
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I am liking these C-level customer meetings I am doing via video-calls. Amazing how many of our customers are working from home. Consumer-Simple, Enterprise-Secure - @WorkspaceONE Rocks for the "Work Remotely" Economy!.
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For last 5+ yrs I often competed w/ @Microsoft in EUC. Today's a brand new day! @VMware will partner for customers to win in #DigitalWorkspace. Best of @WorkspaceONE + @Microsoft365. I always respected Brad @Anderson, now we are partners!:) #DellTechWorld
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Here's the #CarpoolKaraoke video w/ Maurizio Carli & me, from @VMware Field Kickoff and Employee Mtg. Enjoy & share!
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Congrats @PGelsinger our illustrious @VMware CEO, for being named by @SFBusinessTimes as 1 of 12 Most Admired CEOs in the Silicon Valley
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Highlight of my day so far, having a "virtual lunch" with my good friend & CEO at the center of the #WorkAtHome vortex, @EricSYuan @Zoom_US. So much I learn from him about SPEED, while I share lessons of SCALE. Thank you Eric, for all you are doing to help humanity! #ZoomRocks!
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Hi everybody, a little video message below to all my friends on social media. What good habits have you started during this crisis, that will make you a better person when the crisis has ended?
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With @ImagineDragons who performed a concert at @VMware Company Kickoff #WWKO. My fav song, "I Bet My Life. "
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If these were 4 countries competing in the Olympics for Best Software-Defined #HyperConverged Infrastructure, this analyst report I alluded to earlier (, would rank @VMware @Microsoft @RedHat @Nutanix as follows - High (Gold), Medium (Silver), Low (Bronze)
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I knelt in silence today for . 8min 46sec. #GeorgeFlyodMemorial. I would encourage all of you to do so too.
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