My new team: VMware Fusion

This summer I’m interning in Product Marketing for VMware Fusion.

See me on the Team Fusion blog here.

I remember when I first got the email from VMware HR in the spring about a position in Product Marketing, I thought to myself, “What are the chances this is for Fusion?” Lo and behold, a day later I get an email signed “Pete Kazanjy. Product Marketing Manager, VMware Fusion”. Now Fusion is a fantastic product, but it’s a tiny fraction in terms of revenue share amongst VMware’s bevy of enterprise desktop and server products. I thought: maybe they saw my blog post earlier last year on VMware Fusion vs. Parallels. Or they saw my face on the Fusion Page on Facebook. Yeah, right. It was just one of those happy coincidences that really should happen more often in life.

After a few emails, a phone call, and a visit to Palo Alto, I’m here marketing the product. It’s awfully nice to work on a product that you actually use and love. As a recent Mac convert, I often get asked about dealing with the learning curve of a new OS and specifically choosing VMware Fusion or Parallels. And without being paid, I’ve always said VMware Fusion.

But, as a gamer, I’ve always suggested new Mac users to run their virtual machine off their BootCamp partition. Now the updated advice is to run a real virtual instance of Windows and keep a lightweight version on Boot Camp for the gaming itch. The main reason being you can suspend a real virtual machine, making it much faster to access when you need it.

More on my summer experience to come!