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VMware India appoints Arun Kumar Parameswaran as MD

VMware has appointed Arun Parameswaran as its managing director. He succeeds T Srinivasan, who has decided to step down after five years with the company.

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VMware has appointed Arun Parameswaran as its managing director. He succeeds T Srinivasan, who has decided to step down after five years with the company.

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Parameswaran leaves Red Hat India to take up his VMware post on April 24 and will be responsible for the company's growing business interests in the region. He will report to Sanjay Mirchandani, senior VP and GM, Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, VMware and will join the APJ Leadership Team.

Mirchandani said, "This appointment will help accelerate VMware's progress in one of our prime growth markets, as we work to ensure Indian businesses reap the full benefits of our vision of IT-as-a-Service."

Holding more than 21 years' hi-tech experience across Asia Pacific and the US, IT veteran Parameswaran was most recently GM in charge of Red Hat's business throughout the Indian sub-continent.

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Parameswaran started his career with Wipro Infotech in India, holding various sales and product management positions.

Parameswaran said, "I am delighted to be taking up this post because VMware is a pioneer and agent of change leading customer organizations to a whole new era of IT. I firmly believe that VMware's strategy around the software-defined data centre, hybrid cloud and end-user computing provides the optimum route for customers wanting to capitalize on the seismic shifts taking place in IT today. I look forward to working with the team to accelerate growth such that VMware India plays an even more significant role in the company's future success."

Parameswaran attended the Thiagarajar College of Engineering at Madurai Kamaraj University and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree (Electronics and Communication Engineering).

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