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Vendorwag with Steve Paravola of Quest Software [Episode 35]

Vendorwag with Steve Paravola of Quest Software [Episode 35]

Vendorwag with Steve Paravola of Quest Software [Episode 35]

Date: Nov 12, 2010

In this week’s Vendorwag, Steve Paravola, Product Marketing Manager of Quest Software discusses Quest’s vOptimizer Pro software and how it can assist customers to:

Identifying total amount and value of over-allocated VM storage
Reclaim wasted VM storage for use by other applications
Automate the resizing of VMs — either larger or smaller
Prevent VM outages due to storage shortages
Improve VM I/O performance by up to 15% through 64K partition block alignment

Here’s a quick summary of Steve’s background:

30+ years in IT
MVS and CICS System Programmer
DB2 for z/OS Certified Instructor / Consultant / Support Engineer (SE)
Director of ERP/CRM Research for PLATINUM technology
18+ years high-tech marketing and sales experience
Product Marketing Manager for vOptimizer Pro and vFoglight Storage
Visited hundreds of customers to discuss IT operations and strategies

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