Barb Goldworm
President and Chief Analyst
Focus Consulting

Barb Goldworm is president and chief analyst of Focus Consulting a research, analyst and consulting firm focused on systems, software, and storage. Barb has spent thirty years in various technical, marketing, senior management, and industry analyst positions with IBM, Novell, StorageTek, Enterprise Management Associates, and multiple successful startups. A frequent speaker, columnist, and author of numerous white papers and research studies, she has recently released a book entitled "Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs". In 2007, she chaired the Server Blade Summit on Blades and Virtualization, and she has been the keynote speaker at numerous events on virtualization and blades. She also created and chaired the network storage component of Interop, and has been one of the top three ranked analyst/knowledge expert speakers at Storage Networking World. She has been a regular expert columnist for numerous publications including NetworkWorld, ComputerWorld Storage Networking World Online, and TechTarget. Barb can be reached at barbgoldworm@focusonsystems.com.