Foreword

I have the privilege of leading the technical services organization in VMware, Asia Pacific and Japan. In the past 7 years, my team of architects, engineers, and technical account managers have partnered with our key accounts in thousands of engagements across the region. I have met with many CIOs and Heads of Infrastructure, and what is clear to me is that they value the expertise we bring to the table and it is important that we extend this expertise to all customers and not just our large customers. This is why when Iwan approached my management team with the idea of writing a book on the management of the Software-Defined Data Center, he had our full support.

Data center management is a large and complex discipline in IT. This is further ...

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