While pursuing digital transformation, you can’t overlook the importance of resilience, flexibility and scalability. In this two-part episode of IT Availability Now, we take look under the hood of Sungard AS’ new Private Cloud solution to see how it delivers these benefits to customers:

·        Part 1: Shawn Nelson, Senior Director of Cloud Services at Sungard AS shares an overview of the new Private Cloud offering, what differentiates it from the competition, and the business challenges it solves.

·        Part 2:  James Valdez, Director of Private Cloud Services at Sungard AS is joined by Dell Technologies’ Tom Willwerth and VMware’s Sean Smith to discuss the underlying technologies that make up Sungard AS’ Private Cloud offering, why those technologies were selected and what benefits they bring to customers. 

Brian Fawcett is a Senior Manager of Global Sales Engagement at Sungard AS. With over 15 years of experience in a range of industries, he specializes in forming enterprise-wide global talent and learning development programs. Brian has enriched corporate learning culture by matching organizational vision and core values to curricula, leading to application and impact.

Shawn Nelson is Senior Director of Product Management for Private Cloud and Managed Services at Sungard AS. She is responsible for a team of product managers who oversee product development, implementation, launch, lifecycle management and support for services related to private and application cloud offerings plus managed services. 

As Director of Private Cloud Services at Sungard AS, James Valdez is responsible for the continued development and promotion of our Private Cloud solutions. Since moving to the cloud computing world in 2008, James has undertaken roles developing private cloud and grid computing solutions for Qwest Communications, Savvis, and CenturyLink Communications.

Tom Willwerth has spent his extensive career working with leading technology manufacturers within the storage, networking and information security sectors. Since joining Dell Technologies in 2017, Tom has been focused entirely on driving joint go-to-market solutions with several of Dell’s leading MSP and CSP partners in the U.S., leveraging “best of breed” hardware, software and services from both Dell Technologies and VMware. Ensuring positive outcomes for Dell’s most valued business partners, as they deliver transformational initiatives for their end customers via cloud-based delivery models, is Tom’s principal objective. 

Sean Smith has had extensive experience in helping providers build out and deploy leading edge solutions in the communications and IT spaces in several countries around the world. He is currently focused on helping VMware Cloud Provider Partners accelerate both their and their customer’s digital transformation journeys. Focusing on the key partners in the program helps him to ensure they are able to take advantage of a more direct hands on approach to the adoption of leading edge solutions.