VMTurbo, the only demand-driven control platform for the software-defined universe, will be hosting its First Annual TurboFest London, a day of cloud and virtualization thought leadership discussions. This is VMTurbo’s first EMEA-specific event engaging customers, key partners and industry leaders in discussions on OpenStack, Software-Defined Networking, engineering and managing scale out applications, as well as future trends in cloud and virtualization. TurboFest London takes place on Thursday, March 19 at the Andaz Liverpool Street Hotel in London.

“TurboFest London continues the dialogue with our customers and prospects that began at previous TurboFest User Group events in Boston and San Francisco and is ongoing through our online Green Circle Community,” said Ben Nye, CEO of VMTurbo. “Serving the market’s most advanced customers enables VMTurbo to be a driving force in cloud and virtualized data center markets across the world.”

The keynote address will be delivered by Ian Penny, Managing Director and Head of Distributed Technology at Barclays, as he discusses the need for a control plane in the modern cloud-architected data center. Andre van der Lingen, System Manager at SNS Bank, will be joined by Simon Ravenscroft, Director of Customer Success at VMTurbo, to expand upon the benefits of the realization of control.

Opening remarks and additional sessions will be led by VMTurbo CEO Ben Nye, Founder and President Shmuel Kliger, CMO Geeta Sachdev, VP of Advanced Solutions, Endre Sara and Principal Solutions Engineer, Eric Wright.

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