{"id":2042,"date":"2026-01-20T17:43:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/wptest\/2026\/01\/20\/vmware-appoints-devan-parinpanayagam-as-country-manager-of-malaysia\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T18:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T18:01:53","slug":"vmware-appoints-devan-parinpanayagam-as-country-manager-of-malaysia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/2026\/01\/20\/vmware-appoints-devan-parinpanayagam-as-country-manager-of-malaysia\/","title":{"rendered":"VMware Appoints Devan Parinpanayagam as Country Manager of Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>VMware Inc. (VMW), an innovator in enterprise software, announced the appointment of Devan Parinpanayagam as the country manager of VMware Malaysia.<\/p>\n<p>In this role, Devan will lead the company\u2019s business development and market strategy for VMware in Malaysia, while strengthening the company\u2019s local presence and customer relationships.<\/p>\n<p>He will also oversee sales and channel operations, supporting enterprises\u2019 adoption of hybrid cloud solutions, software-defined data centre and end-user computing offerings as they scale and grow in today\u2019s digital economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Malaysia makes a big push for digitalisation to remain on par with the global economy, Devan\u2019s appointment will be critical in boosting VMware\u2019s drive to enable local businesses to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith his extensive experience and industry expertise, we are confident that Devan will play a pivotal role in enabling our customers and partners to navigate today\u2019s business challenges and grow from strength to strength,\u201d said VMware Southeast Asia and Korea\u2019s vice president and managing director, Sanjay K. Deshmukh.<\/p>\n<p>As a tech industry veteran with over 23 years of experience in Malaysia, Devan joins VMware from Microsoft Malaysia where he was the director of Solution Sales, responsible for the growth of the company\u2019s cloud, data platform, security business and he has also previously held strategic positions with Fujitsu, Maxis, Cisco, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an exciting time to join VMware as the digital economy is on an accelerated growth trajectory, and Malaysia\u2019s organisations are realising the possibilities of digital and innovation in fuelling their goals and ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are committed to empowering Malaysian enterprises with the best-in-class solutions in order to seize the opportunities of today\u2019s digital economy and stay ahead of the curve,\u201d said Devan.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VMware Inc. (VMW), an innovator in enterprise software, announced the appointment of Devan Parinpanayagam as the country manager of VMware Malaysia. In this role, Devan will lead the company\u2019s business development and market strategy for VMware in Malaysia, while strengthening the company\u2019s local presence and customer relationships. He will also oversee sales and channel operations, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4498,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/4498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malaysian-business.com\/portal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}