Ajit Pratap Kundan - VMware Cross-Cloud Architecture

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Ajit Pratap Kundan is an infrastructure software consultant with 18 years' experience, having has worked with Novell, Redington, PCS, and Innodata. Currently, he is a technical consultant at VMware, Delhi and provides productive solutions for Federal Government clients, espousing the benefits of hybrid cloud with cross-cloud services. He has a graduate degree in electronics engineering from Pune University with experience in Lotus, Tivoli, PlateSpin, IDM, SUSE Linux, Sentinel, and all of the VMware products. He is an ITIL, CCNA, Lotus, SUSE, Red Hat, and VMware-certified professional.

Daniel Jonathan Valik is an industry expert in unified communications and collaboration technologies, cloud computing, and Platform as a Service (PaaS). He has worked for large software companies and start-ups in Europe, Asia (APAC), and the US. He is the founder of Hanako Consulting LLCa strategy, product marketing, and management consulting company. He has strong expertise in areas such as IoT, DevOps, Automation, Microservices, Containerization, Virtualization, Cloud-Native Applications, Artificial Intelligence, and Contact Center Technologies.

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