VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that CEO Paul Maritz will deliver the Mastermind Interview Keynote at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo on October 18, 2011 at 5:00 pm ET.

The Gartner Symposium, the industry's largest and most important annual gathering of CIOs and senior IT leaders, is being held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida. This year the Gartner Symposium is projected to attract more than 10,000 attendees, including 2,000 CIOs.

Maritz will discuss the significant impact cloud computing represents to the next major era of computing, delivering unprecedented opportunities to simplify and enhance IT. The Mastermind Interview Keynote is a lively discussion between senior Gartner analysts and industry luminaries.

Information about Gartner Symposium, including video replay of the Mastermind Keynote Interview will be made available at http://blogs.gartner.com/symposium-live-orlando/ .