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VMware Inc.

(VMW) is in the Technology Industry

Market Cap:$4.5B

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.3B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

VMware, an EMC company, is the global leader in virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems. The world's largest companies use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware is based in Palo Alto, California.

Number of Employees 5,000

Contact Information

3401 Hillview Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304

www.vmware.com

(877) 486-9273

Peer Companies

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

Company News

Recent Events

vSphere 4.1: Seven Improvements In Internal Clouds

11/24/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
VMware vSphere 4, vCenter Server updates now available

11/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
VMware releases vSphere 4.0 Update 1

11/20/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
NetApp's Georgens reports improved revenue; shrugs off EMC-Cisco deal

11/20/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Ars Technica reviews VMware Fusion 3: A solid choice for running Windows, Windows apps on...

11/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Observations from an EMC analyst day

11/17/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
EMC Adds Desktop, Laptop and Virtualization Support to Avamar Deduplication Technology

11/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Hosted Solutions Expands the Stratus Trusted Cloud, Unveiling Hybrid Option, Complementing Existing Offerings

11/18/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
5 things missing in VMware's new virtual desktop app

11/15/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
5 Things Missing in VMware's New Virtual Desktop App, View 4

11/13/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
VMware View Delivers Follow Me Desktop for Healthcare Practitioners

11/11/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
VMware Releases View 4

11/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
ACS partners with VMware

11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Siemens Strikes Virtualization Partnership with VMware Expanded relationship to provide customers with new virtualization options

11/05/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
VMware Virtualizes Datacenter Infrastructure for SAP Managed Services

11/02/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story
VMware to launch own Linux distro?

10/31/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/30: OMX, TXN, RVSN, SXE, DISH Upgraded; MON< VMW, BYD, NDN...

10/30/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Goldman Sachs Downgraded VMware VMW to Neutral On Valuation

10/30/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
Veeam integrates with VMware vStorage APIs in Backup and Replication 4

10/28/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
Parallels Upgrades Mac Virtualization Software

11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

hardware and vmware inc. - All News and Analysis

VMware Q3: Barely Beats

Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-22

Zacks.com submits: VMware Inc. VMW reported third-quarter results after the closing bell on Wednesday. The company posted a 54.1% decline on GAAP net income to $38.2 million from $83.3 million in the year-ago period. Excluding certain non-recurring items, adjusted earnings per share came in at 11 cents, edging...

Tags: Hardware, Zacks.com, VMware Inc.
VMware, Inc. Q3 2009 (Qtr End 9/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-21

Question-and-Answer Session Operator Thank you. Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Heather Bellini - ISI Group. Heather Bellini - ISI Group I was wondering if you talk a little bit about the customer conversations you had this quarter and what's different about them in particular versus last...

Tags: Call Transcript, VMware Inc., Earnings, ELA, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Seeking Alpha
What's New in VMware vSphere 4: Virtual Networking

BNET - 2009-09-09

VMware vSphere introduces a number of new features and capabilities to virtual networking under VMware® vNetwork. vNetwork is the new name to describe the collection of networking technologies for optimally integrating networking and I/O functionality into vSphere. This white paper discusses some of the new features of vNetwork.

Tags: Global Knowledge, Hardware, Network, Networking, Virtualization, VMware Inc., VMware vSphere, vNetwork
VMware Training

BNET - 2009-09-04

VMware vSphere is the next evolutionary step in IT computing. vSphere dramatically reduces capital and operating costs, and increases control over IT infrastructures while preserving the flexibility to choose any OS, application and hardware. Learn how to take advantage of this new technology with VMware training from Global Knowledge.

Tags: Global Knowledge, Hardware, Training, Virtualization, VMware Inc., VMware vSphere
VMware's Future Forecast: Increasing 'Cloudiness'

Seeking Alpha - 2009-09-01

The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth submits: by Brenon Daly Just three weeks after VMware VMW inked its company-defining acquisition of SpringSource, the virtualization kingpin threw the doors open on its annual VMworld conference yesterday. (We can only hope that those who attended the get-together found it smoother than...

Tags: Hardware, US Market, Software, The 451 Group: Inorganic Growth, VMware Inc.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Performance on VMware vSphere 4

BNET - 2009-09-01

Increased adoption of VMware infrastructure and continued performance advances in hardware and software have driven the virtualization of Microsoft Exchange. The current version, Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, is a resource-hungry 64-bit application that has reduced storage demands as compared to previous versions. The increased use of memory and heavier CPU...

Tags: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, Performance, Microsoft Exchange Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., E-mail Servers, Groupware, Virtualization, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
VMware buys SpringSource for USD420m

Strategy Eye - 2009-08-10

Software maker VMware is buying cloud computing and virtualisation software firm SpringSource in a cash-and-stock deal worth USD362m. The firm is also assuming USD58m in unvested stock and options. The deal pushes VMware further into the world of cloud computing,...

Tags: Cloud Computing, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Rackspace, Editorial, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
VMware buys SpringSource

Financial Times - 2009-08-10

VMware, the fast-growing software maker, yesterday pulled off its biggest acquisition so far with the announcement of a $362m cash-and-stock purchase of privately held SpringSource.The deal pushes VMware, majority-owned by EMC, deeper into the emerging business of "cloud" computing - developing and running corporate applications in big datacentres and...

Tags: Software, VMware Inc., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Company News, Financial Times
VMware, Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

Seeking Alpha - 2009-07-22

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from John Difucci – JP Morgan. John Difucci - JP Morgan The first question is for Mark. Mark, when I look at the margin and look at the margin guidance and you guys have been doing a lot....

Tags: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Call Transcript, VMware Inc., Earnings, GAAP, Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Financial Accounting, Finance, Hardware, Managerial Accounting, Seeking Alpha
Microsoft Beating VMware 'Every Single Day'

BNET - 2009-06-03

Microsoft doesn't miss an opportunity to poor-mouth the economy these days, and I'm beginning to think that this posture isn't a way of making excuses for lackluster performance, but actually a way of driving business. Today Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's key server and tools division, and...

Tags: Server, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Michael Hickins