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Full Name
Sudhir Balasubramanian
Full Name
ACE Associate
Top Level Details
Job Role
Data & Infrastructure System Engg/Architect
Company
Independent Consultant
Country
United States
Top Expertise
Database
Focus Area
Database
About Sudhir
<p>Data & Infrastructure Architect - DB/OS/Virtualization/Storage/Infrastructure/Cloud Computing/AI/ML/LLM/GenAI , Oracle ACE/VMware vExpert - Speaker, Blogger, Author, Technologist, Evangelist, Partner & Customer Advocate - love working with Customers & Partners to build creative solutions to solve complex problems & improve Customer experience.</p> <p>2025 - OEM Systems Engineer at Nutanix<br />2012-2024 - Sr Staff Solutions Architect & Global Oracle Practice Lead specializing in Oracle Technologies - Oracle Workloads on VMware.<br />1995 - 2012 - Principal Oracle DBA/Architect for Fortune 100.</p> <p>Worked with Industry Partners & VMware (Sales, Field, Systems Engineers, TAMs, Product Management, Engineering, Marketing) to drive strategic Customer opportunities - participating, contributing and leading end-to-end engagements - Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, POC’s, Escalations, Evangelism, Enablement etc.)</p> <p>Trusted advisor to Customer, Partner & Field - Develop technical content including presentations, blogs, whitepapers, reference architectures, podcasts, demos etc. & thought leadership, Develop & deliver technical training to Field, Sales, Partner, Customer organization to help scale the business</p> <p>Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Sales, Field, Alliance, Partners, Campaign Marketing -on GTM, Deliverables, Customer issues, product enhancements, features, Customer production escalations working with Global Support</p> <p>Received several Customer/Field/Partner recognition awards and kudos for going above and beyond - highlighting Customer obsession at it best.</p> <p>VMware vBCA Specialist , vExpert & vExpert Application Modernization, VCA – Cloud certified, Alumni VMware CTO Ambassador Program (Alumni), Oracle ACE</p> <p>Recognized Speaker - presented @ Oracle Open World, Quest/IOUG, RMOUG/UTOUG/MOUS, Oracle ASCEND, VMworld, VMware Partner Exchange, EMC World, EMC Oracle Summit, SNIA, FMS, OCP, Storage Developer Conference (SDC) and various Webinars - Industry recognized expert in Oracle on VMware technology.</p> <p>Books - "Virtualizing Oracle Business Critical Databases on VMware SDDC” - A comprehensive authority for Oracle DBA ’s on the subject of Oracle & Linux on vSphere.<br />https://www.amazon.com/Virtualize-Oracle-Business-Critical-Databases/dp/1500135127</p> <p>Blogs & Publications - https://blogs.vmware.com/apps/author/sudhirbalasubramanian, https://vracdba.com/blogs/, https://vracdba.com/publications/</p> <p>Events & webinars presented - https://vracdba.com/events , https://vracdba.com/webinars/</p> <p>Detailed Career Profile - https://vracdba.com/</p>
Expertises
Database
Linux
Storage
Microsoft WIndows
Solaris
Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
Oracle Database@Azure
Home Page
http://www.vracdba.com
Oracle Community
https://community.oracle.com/tech/developers/profile/Sudhir%20Balasubramanian
Cloud Customer Connect
https://community.oracle.com/tech/developers/profile/Sudhir%20Balasubramanian
Links
Latest Contributions
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Database Migrations and Modernization: Oracle on AWS Cloud
Mar 17, 2026 - Presentation - in-person or virtual - AWS Meetup
Oracle Database (EE)
Exadata
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Nutanix Volume Groups for Business-Critical Oracle RAC Workloads
Oct 12, 2025 - Blog post -
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Nutanix vDisks, Volume Groups (VG) and SCSI Controllers for Business-Critical Oracle Workloads
Oct 11, 2025 - Blog post -
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Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
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Nutanix Platform for Business Critical Oracle Workloads – An Investigation
Oct 09, 2025 - Blog post -
Oracle Database (EE)
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End to End (E2E) 4kn support for Oracle workloads on VMware vSphere 9.0
Jun 26, 2025 - Blog post -
Oracle Database (EE)
Oracle Cloud VMware Solution
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Mastering Large Oracle Database Estates The Power of Virtualization, Lifecycle Management, and Asset Intelligence
Apr 30, 2025 - Presenting - video/webinar - Webinar
Oracle Database (EE)
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