Foreword

I’ve worn a lot of hats in my career, from investment banker to venture capitalist to business entrepreneur. And I’ve been fortunate to have been at the forefront of a number of technology waves, from mainframe to client/server computing, the Internet boom, and now the continuing rise of mobile and cloud computing. Each new wave brings technology disruption driven by an industry in transformation, and each enables new levels of efficiency and operational productivity. However, in line with that, each new wave also brings new security risks and operational concerns.

Virtualization and cloud technologies are no different. They’re bringing about the most significant data center transformation in the last 20 years, and are enabling enormous ...

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