| Website | vmware.com |
| Category | Software |
| Phone | 877-486-9273 |
| Employees | 13,500 |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Description | Virtualization Software |
| Total | $477M |
| Wanova, 5/12 | |
| Socialcast, 5/11 | |
| Shavlik Technologies, 5/11 | |
| SlideRocket, 4/11 | |
| Wavemaker Software, 3/11 | |
| Integrien, 8/10 | $100M |
| TriCipher, 8/10 | |
| SpringSource, 8/09 | $362M |
| Blue Lane Technologies, 11/08 | $15M |
| B-hive Networks, 5/08 | |
| Thinstall inc, 1/08 |
| Puppet Labs | 11/11 |
| Nimbula | 6/10 |
| TOTAL | $369M |
| VENTURE FUNDING TOTAL | $369M |
| Venture Round, 7/07 Intel | $219M |
| Venture Round, 7/07 Cisco | $150M |
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.
