Barb Goldworm
Founder, President and Chief Analyst, Focus Consulting
Barb Goldworm is the president and chief analyst of FOCUS consulting (www.focusonsystems.com), a research, analyst and consulting firm focused on systems, software and storage. A frequent speaker, columnist, and author, Barb has spent thirty years in the computer industry, in various technical, marketing, sales, senior management, and industry analyst positions with IBM, Novell, StorageTek, Enterprise Management Associates, and multiple successful startups. Barb recently released a book entitled "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs" (available on Amazon.com. She currently chairs the Virtualization Tracks at Interop and Blade Systems Insight, and is a frequent keynote speaker at both virtualization and blades events. She also created and chaired the storage networking track at Interop, and has been one of the top rated expert speakers at Tech Target Data Center Decisions and Storage Networking World. Since the 1990s, Barb has been a regular expert columnist for publications including NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld, Storage Networking World Online, TechTarget and Virtual Strategy Magazine and has authored numerous business and technical white papers and market research reports.

Anne C Skamarock
Research Director, Focus Consulting
Anne Skamarock has been involved with computers and associated technology for nearly 30 years, and serves as Research Director for Focus Consulting (www.focusonsystems.com). For the past eight years, Anne has been an analyst focusing on the convergence points around systems, storage, and software, most recently focusing on server, desktop and application virtualization, and on blades. Anne has published extensively including research reports and market studies, business and technical white papers, and regular columns for TechTarget and Network World. She has recently finished her second book as co-author of Blades and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs.