This is Part Two of Virtualization Thought Leaders. Part One, which includes Brian Madden, Simon Bramfitt, and others, can be found here.

Citrix Synergy last month was a great place for me to mingle with some of the brightest minds in virtualization. I posted my recap of the event last week, but I felt the inspiration, based on my trip to Barcelona, to put together a list of my top 10 thought leaders in virtualization. In an effort to be impartial, I’ve kept this list free of Matrix42 employees (though we certainly have our share of great thinkers and influencers). I’ve split the list into two blog posts; we’ll run Part Two next week. Here are five thought leaders you should know:

Whether you prefer the acronym BYOD or BYOT, the reality of this phenomenon is that it’s not going away. This week, as in weeks past, we’ll highlight a few articles on this trend that caught our attention and throw in a couple others along the way. But first, if you happened to attend the Citrix Synergy conference in Barcelona last week, we’d love to hear about your experience – our own Patrick “Virtual Patrick” Sauerwein recently wrote a post recapping his, which you can check out here: http://blog.matrix42.com/content/citrix-synergy-recap-virtual-patrick