Speaking Reviews for Barb Goldworm
Interop Keynote, Virtualization, Private Cloud, Desktop Virtualization Workshops & Track & Cloud Connect Hybrid Cloud Workshops & Track
“Barb Goldworm is an amazing speaker and incredible educator – she covered about a week’s worth of education in one day!”
“Barb moderating the keynote panel was awesome. I think she really brought something valuable to the keynote panel she had up there”
“Barb is excellent! Clone her and have her facilitate every work shop/session!”
“Best workshop I’ve attended @ Interop. Barb’s knowledge on this subject is great and her style is engaging and thorough.”
“Barb is a rock star.”
“Excellent Excellent Excellent. The content, delivery, and applicability were spot-on. Barb is an incredibly knowledgeable asset”
“Barb’s dissertation on Privatizing the Cloud was fantastic”
“Well spoken, engaging and informational speaker.”
“Barb’s presentation was truly outstanding. I’ve seen many about this topic and hers was one of the best.”
“Ms. Goldworm is outstanding!!! She knew the subject extremely well.”
“Barb Goldworm was great! Professional speaking ability with a thorough knowledge of the field. Enjoyable and educational.”
“Packed with useful info that was presented clearly from an obvious expert in this area”
“Barb was excellent! Session was fantastic. So much new content I don’t know how she does it.”
“Flawless delivery. Great job. Very well organized and covered many details.”
“I really enjoyed Barb’s presentations. While she covered material quickly, she still did so in a manner where I could follow her very easily. There’s no doubt she’s an expert in her field.”
“Hit a home run for me. Excellent speaker.”
“Very passionate speaker with a wealth of knowledge on the topic”
“Best workshop of the show. Goldworm is amazing”
Data Center Transformation Keynote – U.S. Tour
“Barb’s presentation was the most informative and comprehensive overview of the cloud and its opportunities that I’ve ever seen.”
“Barb was outstanding, top notch, knew her stuff and audience.”
“Best part of the day was Barb’s overview of the future of IT, the next phase, Cloud, etc.”
“One of the best events I’ve attended. Barb was great and her insight was spot on.”
TechTarget Data Center Decisions – Rated as one of the top 3 Speakers
“This is one of the most amazing presentations I have attended ever in my 20+ years’ experience. Barb is a master of her trade. Wow!”
“Barb is a great speaker! Very knowledgeable. Lots of good information and detail. I look forward to hearing her speak more.”
TechTarget /Channel Partner Virtualization Keynote: North America Tour
“Barb had so much outstanding info. One of the best presentations on server and desktop virtualization. Clear, concise and well put together.”
“Thrilled with the content and presentation given by Barb”
Ziff-Davis Virtualization Summit – Opening Keynote
“The most valuable thing about this symposium was the Keynote Speaker, Barb Goldworm and her presentation on virtualization and blades. She really demonstrates the subject, and it was very informative.”
StorageNetworkingWorld (SNW) – Rated as one of the top 3 speakers
“Excellent speaker, good analysis, and classification.”
“Very articulate and knowledgeable.”
Other seminars and speaking engagements:
“There are very few knowledgeable people in this field. Barb not only knows this field, she can express it in an easy to understand and enjoyable fashion. She got right to the heart of the topic and gave a good overview in a very short time.”
“Excellent delivery. Professional and informative. …She held my attention. KUDOS!”
Reviews on the book Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs
“Belongs on Every Virtualization Book Shelf “- Chris Wolf, CTO, VMware, former VP, Gartner, Senior Analyst, Burton Group, and book author
This book is a great complement to the multitude of virtualization books out there (my own included). Hardware design and sizing for virtualization is critical in all virtualization migration projects and this book does a great job examining all of the available blade solutions and architectures at your disposal. The authors also provide granular analysis of all major vendor solutions (HP, IBM, Dell, Egenera, etc.). Coverage of clustering and virtualization software is also included. The scope of the book is vast (blades, virtualization software, power and cooling, management — to name a few topics), so it’s unfair to expect every detail of every topic to emerge in the text (the book would be 10,000 pages if it did). But if you want a book that connects all of the dots in the modern data center, then this book is for you. With coverage of all data center technologies and the vendors that provide them, this book is sure to accelerate the preparation and architectural work needed in any virtualization migration project.”
“Asks and Answers All the Right Questions” – Curtis Hotzinger, Network Manager, Large Public School District
We knew we were running out of space and power in our data center, and a blade environment might be the solution. But how do you even begin amassing the information to make the right decisions to solve our dilemma? I consider this book necessary reading for anyone considering the plunge into blade technology. Not only did it address my questions and concerns, it introduced me to potential problems and solutions I hadn’t even considered! Now I feel confident that I have a valuable tool to aid me throughout the design and implementation stages of our conversion from stand-alone servers running at 5% utilization to blade chassis running multiple virtual servers at 50% utilization. The authors clearly know and address the benefits and pitfalls of this relatively new technology. I especially enjoyed the case studies. They allowed me to see what difficulties other companies in similar situations faced, and how they solved their problems. If there is another book out there that details these issues in a vendor non-specific format, I haven’t found it.”
“Excellent for Beginners” – Ray Brady, co-leader of VMware users group
I found the book to be an excellent source of information on various virtualization topics – hardware, software and vendors. It provides introductory information for those trying to better understand the concepts of virtualization and blade hardware. In addition, there are comprehensive chapters – Assessing Your Needs, System Software Considerations and Differentiating & Selecting, all of which are useful for those trying to evaluate their virtualization options. I have recommended individual chapters to others such as the chapters on Benefits of Blades & Virtualization and Power & Cooling. Finally, the case studies are very useful in assessing how other companies (perhaps like yours) have deployed virtualization. Excellent as a reference source.”
“Relevant for Investors Too!” – Gerard Hallaren, Demandside Investor
A great read on a complex subject. Virtualization is taking the information technology world by storm. For investors, the question is where to invest besides the pending/probable VMware IPO? This book has answers! And they are in clear english prose. No technobabble, no sidetracks down dark ratholes. The first 2/3 of the book is an excellent technology bible. It clearly explains the why and how of virtualization technology and relationships with it and other technologies. The last 1/3 presents case studies and examines a wide range of suppliers. This was particularly valuable as the case studies explained the economics of Virtualization and why customers are willing to spend money on it. Investor ought consider starting with the case studies, shifting to the technology and finishing with the vendors.”