
Founder of virtualization.info
Rome Area, Italy

Founder of virtualization.info
Rome Area, Italy
Alessandro is the founder of virtualization.info (www.virtualization.info).
virtualization.info publishes news and insights in English and Japanese language about every virtualization vendor and technologies in the hardware, OS and application virtualization markets since 2003.
At today it records over 200,000 pageviews / month and over 8,000 feed views / day, and it's recognized as the most authoritative and unbiased news source in virtualization industry.
Linked by over 65,000 websites, virtualization.info is mentioned in most virtualization vendors websites (including VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, Parallels, Virtual Iron, etc.), and most popular news magazine published by the leading media companies.
virtualization.info counts more than 25% of Fortune 100 companies among its readers.
Alessandro Perilli also works as independent industry analyst.
At today he provides a broad range of strategical and technical research analysis, like companies profiling, market trends forecasting, competitive strategy planning, products evaluation and comparison.
His customer base includes venture capital firms, IT vendors, system integrators and multinationals in all continents.
Last but not least, Alessandro is a recognized conference speaker, performing keynotes at virtualization conferences across the globe:
http://www.virtualization.info/about#lectures
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
Microsoft Certified System Engineer w/ Security competency (MCSES)
CompTIA Linux+ certified (LINUX+)
Check Point Certified Security Instructor (CCSI)
Check Point Certified System Expert+ (CCSE+)
Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
Prosoft Certified Internet Webmasters Security Analyst (CIWSA)
Citrix Metaframe XP Certified Administrator (CCA)
CompTIA Security+ certified (SECURITY+)
(Events Services industry)
June 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
(Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2005 — Present (3 years 11 months)
As Principal Analyst at False Negatives I provide a broad range of strategical and technical research analysis, like companies profiling, market trends forecasting, competitive strategy planning, products evaluation and comparison.
My customer base includes venture capital firms, IT vendors, system integrators and multinationals in all continents.
Part of my work involve performing keynotes and lectures in US and EMEA events about virtualization and security. More info here:
http://www.virtualization.info/about#lectures
(Online Media industry)
September 2003 — Present (5 years 11 months)
virtualization.info publishes news and insights in English language about every virtualization vendor and technologies in the hardware, OS and application virtualization markets since 2003.
At today it counts over 160,000 pageviews / month + over 355,000 feed views month, and it's recognized as the most authoritative and unbiased news source in virtualization industry.
It's often linked from top virtualization vendors websites (including VMware, Microsoft, XenSource, SWsoft, Virtual Iron), and most popular news magazine from prestigious media companies (like CMP, IDG, TechTarget, SYS-CON).
virtualization.info counts more than 25% of Fortune 100 companies among its readers.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2004 — August 2005 (1 year 4 months)
- Company strategy and corporate image supervision
- Human Resources department supervision
- Technical departments (IT Security, Virtualization, Microsoft .NET and IBM iSeries Development) supervision
- Wide-known projects under responsibility:
• Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Errebian Case Study
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=15636
• VMware GSX Server 2.5 Errebian Case Study
http://www.vmware.com/customers/stories/errebian.html
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2003 — April 2004 (1 year 4 months)
- Speaker at ITway seminars
- Certified instructor for Check Point courses
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
July 2003 — April 2004 (10 months)
- Certified Instructor for Check Point courses
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
February 2001 — December 2003 (2 years 11 months)
- Author of a class IT security course: "Network Security Enforcement"
- Content Editor at NetSecurity Conference
- Speaker at Windows Professional Conference (http://wpc.education.mondadori.it)
- Certified Instructor for Microsoft and Check Point courses
(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2000 — January 2001 (1 year 1 month)
- Certified Instructor for Microsoft courses
VMware vExpert 2009
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on Virtualization technologies - 2008-2009
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) on IT Security technologies - 2006