VMware, Inc. (VMW) CEO Raghu Raghuram Presents at Deutsche Bank 2021 Technology Conference (Transcript)

VMware, Inc. (VMW) Deutsche Bank 2021 Technology Conference September 9, 2021 12:30 PM ET

Company Participants

Raghu Raghuram - CEO

Conference Call Participants

Brad Zelnic - Deutsche Bank

Brad Zelnic

Hi, everybody. Welcome back. I'm Brad Zelnic, Software Research Analysts here at Deutsche Bank. And I'm really delighted for this keynote session to be joined by Raghu Raghuram, CEO of VMware. Raghu, welcome. Thanks for joining us.

Raghu Raghuram

Thank you, Brad. It's great to be here.

Brad Zelnic

Great. The format of the session is a fireside chat. And I believe you can submit questions in your browser with the chat function. And if time permits, we'll try to work those into the conversation. Before we proceed, I've been asked to read a statement here about forward-looking statements. Statements made in these discussions, which are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements based upon current expectations. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to a number of factors, including those referenced in VMware's most recent SEC filings on forms 10-Q, 10-K and 8-K.

And with that, maybe I'll read a very brief bio that I have for you, Raghu. Raghu, for those less familiar, is VMware's CEO, has been with the company since 2003, most recently as COO of Products and Cloud Services. Prior several business unit leadership roles and originally began his career at VMware running product management for ESX and vSphere. I originally had the pleasure of meeting Raghu around the time of VMware's IPO in 2007, and it's an honor to have you here keynoting at this year's Deutsche Bank Tech Conference. So thank you again, Raghu.

Raghu Raghuram

Thank you, Brad. It's been a great partnership.

Brad Zelnick

Awesome. So maybe to start with, VMware is so pervasive across the cloud around the world, you