VMTurbo, the leading provider of software-defined control for cloud and virtualized environments, today announced that N. Louis Shipley, the company’s president and chief executive officer, will be discussing the future of virtualization, focusing on the rise of automation and the impact of software-defined networking (SDN). Taking part in a panel on July 10 at the Evercore Boston Tech InFocus Conference, Shipley will be joined by David Husak, chief executive officer and founder at Plexxi.

“Automation is becoming increasingly important in today’s virtualized and cloud environments, as it minimizes the amount of time IT operators spend troubleshooting, while ensuring optimized performance,” said Shipley. “I’m looking forward to participating on the panel with a fellow industry expert to discuss the current state of virtualization, and how automation and SDN are contributing heavily to its evolution.”

Leveraging automated-decision-making, VMTurbo delivers Operations Manager to ensure optimized infrastructure utilization, and maximum ROI. With the release of Operations Manager 4.0 in June, VMTurbo now drives control to multiple layers of the IT stack by offering the Hybrid Cloud Extension and Storage Extension.