Biographical Information
During a 30-year career in Silicon Valley, DON SULLIVAN worked in a variety of positions. As a senior principal instructor at Oracle, he co-authored the Oracle Certified Master practicum. In 2010 at VMware, Sullivan became the product marketing manager for business-critical applications, where he created the VMware Cloud Solutions Lab and the VMware Experts Program.
He co-authored Virtualizing Oracle Databases on vSphere, the definitive work on running Oracle on the VMware Virtual Infrastructure. Sullivan is a member of the LicenseFortress board and is the purveyor of The Don Sullivan Show podcast that focuses on science, technology and computing, a product of Xzanalytics LLC.
Articles by Don Sullivan
Who Thought of Making Intelligence Artificial?
21 May 2025
Certain archetypes of quasi-thinking robots institutionally reside in the collective consciousness of most Americans. All forms of art affect the memories of people so that pictures persist through their entire lives, even if the source is trite or visibly silly. Comedy, cartoons, great movies, and certain moments in the world of sports result in iconic notions and lasting images.