Former VMware CTO's Next Investment: Security?

Former VMware (VMW) CTO Steve Herrod, now a venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners, may be taking aim at the security market.

The VAR Guy

September 14, 2013

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Venture Capitalist Steve Herrod formerly VMwares CTO at Datto Partner Conference 2013
Venture Capitalist Steve Herrod, formerly VMware's CTO, at Datto Partner Conference 2013.

Former VMware (VMW) CTO Steve Herrod, now a venture capitalist at General Catalyst Partners, is preparing to make his next investment move. It sounds like the target is the security industry. The VAR Guy wonders: Will it have anything to do with the software-defined data center (SDDC)? Hmmm…

Herrod recently invested in Datto, a cloud backup and disaster recovery (BDR) specialist. And on Sept. 12, Herrod gave his first keynote since leaving VMware — delivering some SDDC thoughts at Datto Partner Conference in Washington, D.C.

Herrod said compute, network/security and storage capabilities each are being virtualized and converged in the data center. The grades so far: Compute has earned an A in its journey, storage is at a B or so, and network/security is likely at a C or so.

During a brief lunch meeting, The VAR Guy asked Herrod if he was planning to make more investments near-term. Herrod hinted that The VAR Guy should watch the security market.

Hmmm… Our resident blogger will be sure to do so.

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