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- Revenue
- Dec 31 2007
- $1.3B
- Profit
- Dec 31 2007
- $218.1M
- Market Cap
- Dec 02 2008
- $1.7B
Latest News and Analysis
Telecom Roundup: AT&T into Video, VMWare Goes Mobile, More
AT&T starts video aggregation site; VMWare creates virtualization products for enterprise market mobile phones; Virgin Mobile numbers beat market expectations; and FCC tries workaround for digital TV broadcast signals that fall short and lose viewers. by Erik Sherman
VMware Brings Virtualization To Smartphones
Demonstrating the power of mobile phones today, VMware announced plans today to bring its virtualization capabilities to the mobile phone. Virtualization allows one computer to access others by tapping into their operating system. VMware said to accomplish this it will use technology from Trango Virtual Processors, a company it...
Strong Results From VMware and EMC Corp.
Sramana Mitra submits: Until the last quarter, VMware VMW was facing trouble. In these times when most companies are reporting rather depressing results, both VMW and its parent company, EMC’s results were a pleasant surprise. VMWare’s Revenues for the quarter of $472 million exceeded the market’s expectations of...
VMWare Q3 Earnings: Signs of Weakness
Jeff Gaggin submits: VMWare VMW reported Q3:08 revs and EPS of $473M (up 32% y/y) and 24c, compared to our estimates of $453M and 21c and consensus estimates of $463M and 20c see conference call transcript. License revenues were $285M, compared to our estimate of $280M (up 13% y/y and...
VMware, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator (Operator's instruction) Your first question comes from Brent Thill - Citigroup, Inc. Brent Thill - Citigroup, Inc. Mark, you could just clarify the seasonal comment you made around Q1. I think you mentioned you are expecting a more experience software seasonality similar to the industry. Does that...
A Tipping Point for Virtualization
Dana Gardner submits: Virtualization has certainly taken off, but less attention gets directed to how to better manage virtualization, to gain better security using virtualization techniques, and also to find methods for compliance and regulation of virtualized environments -- without the pitfalls of complexity and confusion.We seem to be at...
A Compellent Growth Story
Tim Hiteshew submits: As an IT person by day and a stock blogger by night, I occasionally attend IT conferences and seminars that showcase new technologies and trends in the IT market. My most recent adventure took me to Las Vegas, at the VMworld 2008 conference. Between lectures on...
Compellent Awarded Gold "Best of VMworld 2008" in "Hardware for Virtualization" Category from SearchServerVirtualization.com
Compellent SAN Recognized as Ideal Virtualized Storage Platform for the Virtual Data Center EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. -- Compellent Technologies, Inc. (NYSE Arca: CML) today announced it has received a Gold "Best of VMworld 2008" Award in the "Hardware for Virtualization" category. The Compellent Storage Center 4.0 storage area network...
VMWare Facing Pressure from All Sides
Trade Radar Operator submits: The squeeze is on.VMware VMW has been hammered lately as its CEO was replaced and the chief scientist walked out. The company was once the undisputed leader in server and desktop virtualization but competitors are making inroads. by Trade Radar Operator
Notes on VMWare's Special Shareholder Meeting
Matthew Rafat submits: I have been so busy, I thought yesterday was VMware's VMW annual shareholder meeting. I picked up my materials and ran off to the 8AM meeting in Palo Alto, only to realize my mistake. VMware was only holding a special meeting to vote on whether to...
VMware: Co-Founder Rosenblum Departs
Mendel Rosenblum, the co-founder of VMware VMW, has resigned his post as Chief Scientist and left the company. The departure of Rosenblum is not a surprise, coming just two months after the board fired his wife and co-founder Diane Greene as CEO. Rosenblum’s exit comes at an awkward time,...
Red Hat / Qumranet Deal Adds Fuel to the Virtualization Fire
Dana Gardner submits: Open-source giant Red Hat RHT has upped the ante in the PC desktop virtualization market with its acquisition of Qumranet, Inc. in a $107-million deal announced this week.This acquisition clearly ups the ante in the race for Desktop Virtualization Infrastructure VDI solutions. I used to call VDI...
Looming Wave of Option Repricing?
Paul Kedrosky submits: Employee stock options at 1 in 10 Fortune 500 companies are essentially worthless, and stock options are currently underwater at 40% of such companies. That is up from a little over 30% being underwater at the end of Q1, according to a new study. ...
Cloud Computing: More Storm Clouds Ahead
Gregory Ness submits: The biggest threat to the promise of cloud computing to appear this summer wasn’t the failed trademark attempt by Dell, but rather brilliant research by a leading white hat security researcher. Dan Kaminsky discovered how a well-known and widespread vulnerability in DNS servers could be exploited in...
Goldman Launches VMware with Neutral Rating
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: VMware VMW shares are lower Tuesday morning after a lukewarm initial report on the company from Goldman Sachs analyst David Bailey, who started the company with a Neutral rating and a $40 price target. “As a leader in server virtualization, VMware is fundamentally one...
Making Sense of VMware Options Volume
Frederic Ruffy submits: Wall Street’s been abuzz about the activity in EMC Corp. EMC options over the past two days. On Wednesday, EMC options volume was completely off the charts, as 353,000 calls and 107,000 puts traded on the day. Thursday, the action continued with another 185,000 calls and...
VMware, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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VMware Reprices Stock Options
VMware, whose stock value has dropped 65 percent from its $124.83 peak in October, is seeking shareholder approval to re-price its stock options, according to the Financial Times (and, sorry, but it requires a paid subscription). The board has already approved the move. by Erik Sherman
Next Inning Technology Announces Investment Opinion, Updates Outlooks for SanDisk, PMC-Sierra, Entropic Communications, Blue Coat Systems, and VMWare
PRINCETON, N.J. -- Next Inning Technology Research (http://www.nextinning.com), a subscription service focused on semiconductor and technology stocks, announced it has updated outlooks for SanDisk (Nasdaq: SNDK), PMC-Sierra (Nasdaq: PMCS), Entropic Communications (Nasdaq: ENTR), Blue Coat Systems (Nasdaq: BCSI), and VMWare (NYSE: VMW). In a series of reports released in...
VMware -- What Is Really (Not Virtually) Going On?
As the smoke clears at VMware, many are trying to figure out exactly what went on as CEO and co-founder Diane Greene was shown the door: Analysts agree that VMware's collapsing stock price and lower revenue warning probably prompted its board to oust Greene. "It is a bit of...
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- Incorporated: 1998
- CEO: Mr. Paul Maritz
VMWARE is a provider of virtualization applications. Co.'s virtualization applications represent an approach to computing that separates the operating system and application software from the underlying hardware to attain improvements in efficiency, availability, flexibility and manageability. Co.'s virtualization application portfolio addresses a range of complex Information Technology challenges that include infrastructure optimization, business continuity, software lifecycle management and desktop management. Co. sells and markets its products largely through a network of channel partners, which includes distributors, resellers, x86 system vendors and systems integrators.
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VMware Inc. Company Info
Board of Directors
Mr. Joseph M. Tucci
Chairman
Mr. Paul Maritz
Ms. Renee J. James
Mr. John R. Egan
Mr. Michael W. Brown
Mr. David I. Goulden
Mr. Dennis D. Powell
Mr. David N. Strohm
Contact Information
3401 Hillview Avenue
Palo Alto, CA
650 427-5000
NAICS Code
Software Publishers: 511210
