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Gautham Pallapa

Senior Executive Advisor at VMware

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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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Which RDBMS do you feel best suits the needs of today's climate of rapid change and iteration?

Engineering

SQLite

CouchDB

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

SQLServer

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Which one of the following do Object Storage opportunities fall into?

Storage

< 100TB

< 500TB

< 1PB

< 5PB

< 10PB

Tens of PB

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What type of applications do you plan to run on Object Storage?

Storage

Custom

Homegrown

Analytics

Don't know

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Which of the following best describes your biggest challenge with object storage?

Storage

Performance

High cost

Rate of Data Growth

Other (none of the above)

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Who does the CIO role in your organization report to?

Team & Organizational Design

Global CIO

CEO

CFO

Board

COO

Other

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What will your IT team look like in 2024?

Financial Management

Increase headcount

Stay flat

Decrease headcount

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What is the top area of investment for your IT team?

Financial Management

Cloud Migration

Digitalization

Infrastructure

Mobility

Security

Applications

Other

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What are your biggest barriers in achieving your IT goals?

Strategy & Architecture

Skills

Funding

C-Suite support

Technology stack

Culture

Other

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How can one move from a VP role into a CIO/CDO/CTO role? How does one go about signaling that they are available for a C-Suite role? Should one engage an executive recruiter to position them appropriately or is it more networking and word of mouth?

People & Leadership Engineering Team & Organizational Design+9 more

Gautham PallapaSenior Executive Advisor at VMware in Software3 years ago

I do think it is important to signal what you want! OP sounds like they are moving to a new company is needed. If this is because they are performing C-suite tasks and don't feel they are going to be promoted there are ...read more

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What are some helpful communication tips you have put into practice (especially when it comes to explaining technical topics to non-experts)?

Engineering People & Leadership Business Relationships

Gautham PallapaSenior Executive Advisor at VMware in Software8 months ago

A lot of my audience is non-technical — they’re business leaders — so I tend not to use any jargon or acronyms at all, unless they’re well-understood. I try to explain technology using metaphors to keep things simple. That ...read more

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What measures have you taken to ensure that your organization doesn't encounter unexpected cost increases in cloud services?

Cloud Cost Optimization

Gautham PallapaSenior Executive Advisor at VMware in Software9 months ago

We've implemented a Change Advisory Board (CAB), which includes change management processes. Whenever we make changes to cloud configurations or anything related, we must present, discuss, and obtain approval for those ...read more

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What are some major warning signs that signal potential trouble or inefficiency to be on the lookout for when managing cloud spending? What practices should you guard against?

Cloud IT Strategy & Roadmap

Gautham PallapaSenior Executive Advisor at VMware in Software9 months ago

At a basic level, and I think we've all experienced it: a huge bill at the end of the first quarter, and no one knows what it's for. That, to me, is a glaring warning sign.

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