Kit Colbert

Platform CTO at Invisible. Formerly VMware CTO. In my spare time: running, kettlebells, snowboarding, good food, and better wine. All tweets my own!

[VergeOS @VergeUCI]

Every VMware alternative claims to be integrated. Three architectures hide behind that word, and only one removes the complexity instead of moving it. What "integrated" really means when you leave VMware:

https://t.co/0q76fvaaRx

#VMware #VergeOS #vmwareexit #vmwarealternative

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Huge congrats to @RaghuRaghuram! Great CEO for @VMware and one of the sharpest product minds I know. @a16z is lucky to have him!

[a16z @a16z]

We are excited to welcome @RaghuRaghuram as a16z's newest General Partner.

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

.@InvTechInc We are Spartans!!

Excellent metaphor from our founder @francispedraza

[TBPN @tbpn]

.@francispedraza (Founder, Invisible Technologies) thinks about competition like the Battle of Thermopylae.

“Accenture may have a million people worldwide. But when the passage is narrow, headcount doesn’t matter. What matters is who holds the line. If our 300 Spartans are at the gate with superior tech, we win every time.”

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Very excited to announce our $100M raise at @InvTechInc! I've been here about four months now and we're already leveraging this funding to supercharge our team's growth. What exactly are we working on? Our CEO Matt Fitzpatrick walks through the announcement and our strategy:

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Incredible thread

[Gene Kim @RealGeneKim]

I'm in awe of the scale of the Crowdstrike / Windows BSOD issue.

Here are the most startling images I've seen morning.

Let's start with this: at 10pm PT yesterday, famous @troyhunt notices that something odd is happening to Windows systems:

https://t.co/0KWDELUycT

[Raphaël Millière @raphaelmilliere]

Golden Gate Claude's reductio ad pontem

(Context: https://t.co/gvgsGBS02z)

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

@far33d Yeah very shocking

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

UX Design is a new passion of mine and I joined the #EnterpriseDesignPodcast to discuss my recent foray into hands-on #UX leadership at @VMware. Thank you, Laurel Beyers and Tushar Roy for a great conversation on what it takes to be an effective UX leader

https://t.co/of0UqPA9EA

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

@JoeBaguley Yeah. Nothing drives me more crazy than this.

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Had a great time! Great meeting so many folks in the community!

[BradTompkins_ @BradTompkins_]

.@MyVMUG is a good place to get updates on the @BroadcomSW @VMware acquisition. Hearing updates from @kitcolbert at the @BostonVMUG.
Closing October 30th!

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

@TheRealJKaplan @BostonVMUG Hope to see you there!

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Curious who's attending @BostonVMUG UserCon tomorrow? I'm happy to report that I'll be delivering the morning keynote on the future of Multi-Cloud and AI — and I hope to see you there! https://t.co/UWGuU4ZX5W

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

@TheRealJKaplan @BostonVMUG Anyone can go. You just need to register!

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

There's a ton of new content on the OCTO Blog. If you need to get caught up on xLabs announcements from @VMwareExplore, recommend you spend a little time there learning about things like Proj. Trinidad, VMware+Run:ai, Ray on open source plugin and more: https://t.co/P4JbdmVYsv

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

ICYMI: at #VMwareExplore, we announced @VMware's Private AI Reference Architecture for running #GenAI workloads on vSphere and Tanzu Kubernetes. It's another way VMware tech is providing choice & optionality for Enterprise AI use cases. https://t.co/Q8QtN8dVW0

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

Thank you! Pretty crazy to imagine it's been 20 years! So humbled by all the opportunities @VMware has afforded me. Such a great company and community!!

[VMware OCTO @vmwocto]

What has 3️⃣ letters, 2️⃣ decades of service at @VMware, and experienced 1️⃣ heck of a ride from intern to Chief Technology Officer? Our CTO, of course! Happy 2️⃣0️⃣th VMware Anniversary, @kitcolbert, from all of us in OCTO!

[VMware News @vmwarenews]

.@VMware's @kitcolbert and @AmandaBlev spoke with industry analysts @furrier and @dvellante at #VMwareExplore 2023 to discuss how businesses can truly unlock their potential with #MultiCloud architecture and #AI integration. Details on @SiliconANGLE. https://t.co/pN00CujZQK

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

It's been a while since I attended a @MyVMUG UserCon — so I'm pretty excited about next week! @BostonVMUG asked me to talk future of AI and Multi-Cloud and couldn't think of a better topic to kick the day off. Hope to see you at there! https://t.co/UWGuU4ZX5W

[Kit Colbert @kitcolbert]

A monopoly on innovation doesn't exist. In fact, those who find ways to creatively innovate alongside customers and partners tend to benefit even more so than going it alone. It's a perfect manifestation of the saying, "rising tides raise all ships." https://t.co/5MVSPEk5lE