India, Sept. 23 -- At the upcoming Interop Digital conference set for early October, VMware CTO and senior vice president Greg Lavender will draw upon his prior experiences with "innovating without breaking the place" for his keynote session. VMware is a provider of software for cloud, networking, and security and Lavender will lead a talk on "Innovation While Getting IT Done."

Keeping abreast of emerging technology is part of his team's focus, he says. That includes planning for medium to longer-term innovation, such as tracking what is happening in post-quantum cryptography. For example, if a quantum computer is developed that can crack cryptographic algorithms and protocols, Lavender's team would act to ensure that products and custom...