VMware hiring exec to launch Australian hybrid cloud VMware's Australian outpost is hiring a Strategic Program Manager to launch its vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service (vCHS). The job ad for the role says the company wants a “Program Manager to launch strategic GTM partner initiatives for vCloud Hybrid Services.” “This position will plan and manage the vCHS partnership lifecycle with …
VMWare have become aware of many Australian businesses' desire to avoid trusting their data to US hosted cloud servers, and seeks a way to sneak around this avoidance by "partnering" with Australian providers to create the impression that the data is hosted in Australia when there'll be a good chance it isn't.
Thanks but no thanks. I'll continue to run my own servers where I know exactly who has access to my data and where it's kept, thank you.
Even an Australian hosted service (though clearly not privately hosted) is pretty much open to access by US authorities if the hosting company is US owned/incorporated. That said, it's all pretty moot anyway as ASIO have had pretty much the same powers/capabilities of data "oversight" as the US. But at least it's someone closer to home being a nosy bugger I suppose.
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