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Date8/07

General Information

Websitevmware.com
CategorySoftware
Phone877-486-9273
Employees6,700
Founded1998
DescriptionVirtualization Software

Offices

Palo Alto, USA
3401 Hillview Ave
Palo Alto, CA, 94304
USA

People

Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Chief Financial Officer
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Founder, President and CEO
Senior Director, Security
Senior Manager of Virtual Appliances and ISV Solutions
Senior Manager of Virtual Appliances and ISV Solutions

Acquisitions

Total$377M
SpringSource, 8/09 $362M
Blue Lane Technologies, 11/08 $15M
B-hive Networks, 5/08

Funding

Unattributed, 7/07
Cisco
$150M

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VMware

VMware, Inc. provides virtualization solutions. Its virtualization platform products include Player that enables individuals to run virtual machines on their desktops; Fusion, a desktop virtualization product for users of Intel-based Apple Macintosh computers; Workstation for software developers and enterprise IT professionals; Server, which enables virtual partitioning of a server; ESX Server, an enterprise-class virtualization platform that runs directly on the hardware; Virtual SMP that enables a virtual machine to use four physical processors simultaneously; and VMFS, which allows multiple ESX Servers to share block-based storage. The company also offers VirtualCenter that provides a central point of control to manage a virtualized IT environment; VMotion, which allows users to move virtual machines; DRS that creates resource pools from physical servers; HA, which provides automated recovery from hardware failure; Consolidated Backup that enables LAN-free automated backup of virtual machines; Storage VMotion, which allows live migration of virtual machine disks; Update Manager that automates patch and update management; Capacity Planner, which enables VMware service providers to perform capacity assessments onsite; Converter to convert local and remote physical machines into virtual machines; Lab Manager to automate the setup, capture, storage, and sharing of multi-machine software configurations; ACE that allows desktop administrators to protect company resources against the risks presented by unmanaged desktops; Virtual Desktop Infrastructure to host individual desktops inside virtual machines running on centralized servers; Virtual Desktop Manager, a desktop management server that connects users to virtual desktops in the data center; and VMware Lifecycle Manager that provides control over the virtual environment. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Milestones

  • Acquired SpringSource for $362M. (8/10/09)
    Posted 8/10/09 at 2:12pm
  • Acquired Blue Lane Technologies for $15M. (11/30/08)
    Posted 7/29/09 at 3:10am
  • Acquired B-hive Networks. (5/28/08)
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:51pm
  • Went public with stock symbol VMW. (8/07)
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:53pm
  • Received $150M in Unattributed funding. (7/30/07)
    Posted 5/30/08 at 11:11am
  • Kate Hutchison, Chief Marketing Officer added.
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:58pm
  • Mark Peek, Chief Financial Officer added.
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:58pm
  • Tayloe Stansbury, Chief Information Officer added.
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:58pm
  • Stephen Herrod, Chief Technology Officer added.
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:58pm
  • Diane Greene, Founder, President and CEO added.
    Posted 5/28/08 at 3:58pm
  • Paul Maritz, President & CEO added.
    Posted 7/8/08 at 1:58pm
  • Nand Mulchandani, Senior Director, Security added.
    Posted 11/25/08 at 1:34pm
  • Tod Nielsen, COO added.
    Posted 1/8/09 at 11:50am
  • Michael Blonsky, Senior Manager of Virtual Appliances and ISV Solutions added.
    Posted 1/27/09 at 9:24am
  • Michael Blonsky, Senior Manager of Virtual Appliances and ISV Solutions added.
    Posted 1/27/09 at 9:24am

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Sources

  1. VMware to Acquire SpringSource (vmware.com) [edit]
  2. Citation Needed [add]
  3. VMware Buys B-hive for Performance Scans (gigaom.com) [edit]
  4. Cisco to invest $150M in virtualization company, VMware (venturebeat.com) [edit]

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