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Daniel Kusnetzky, a reformed software engineer and product manager, founded Kusnetzky Group LLC, an industry research and consulting firm, in 2006. He's literally written the book on virtualization and often comments on cloud computing, mobility and systems software. and often comments on cloud computing, mobility and systems software. He has been a business unit manager at a hardware company and head of corporate marketing and strategy at a software company. In his spare time, he's also the managing partner of Lux Sonus LLC, an investment firm.
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