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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.

President and CEOPaul Maritz
Number of Employees 5,000
Contact Information

3401 Hillview Avenue

Palo Alto, California 94304

www.vmware.com

(877) 486-9273

NAICS Code Software Publishers: 511210

Recent Events

  • Mitel, VMware Team Up For Virtualization, VoIP

    6/22/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • VMware's new Fusion beta offers DirectX 9, OpenGL 2.1

    6/21/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on June 19

    6/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • HEADLINE STOCKS-Some U.S. stocks on the move on June 19

    6/19/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • Virtual appliances boost flexibility, improve security

    6/18/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • City of San Diego virtualizes against server sprawl

    6/23/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Logicworks: Logicworks Launches Private Clouds Service

    6/17/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Wind River launches its own hypervisor: News in brief

    6/17/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Virtualization Security with VMsafe

    6/17/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • VMware's Terremark investment signals deeper foray into public cloud

    6/21/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • VMware ViewTM Delivers "Follow Me Desktop" for Healthcare Practitioners

    6/09/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • VMware's Revenue Rises 42 Percent in 2008

    6/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Cisco UCS vs. VMware Vsphere 4

    6/08/09 - New Investment - View Story

  • / CORRECTION - Hosted Solutions Introduces "Stratus Trusted Cloud" Platform

    6/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • How the data center automation landscape is changing

    6/03/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Sun Technology Delivers Performance Gains, Cost Reductions to Norwegian Cruise Line

    5/31/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • Veeam quick to exploit vSphere

    6/01/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Overcoming Security Objections to a Virtual Infrastructure

    5/28/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • VMware Invests $20 Million In Terremark Cloud Services

    5/27/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

vmware inc. - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Paul Maritz President and CEO
Mark S. Peek Chief Financial Officer
Richard McAniff Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer
Rick Jackson Chief Marketing Officer
Tod Nielsen Chief Operating Officer
Carl Eschenbach Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations
Betsy Sutter Vice President of Human Resources
Brian Byun Vice President of Global Alliances
Dan Chu Vice President of Emerging Products and Markets
Debra Hagan Vice President, Global Support Services
Jocelyn Goldfein Vice President and General Manager, Desktop Business Unit
Raghu Raghuram Vice President and General Manager, Server Business Unit
Rashmi Garde Vice President and General Counsel
Richard Geraffo Vice President and General Manager, Americas
Andrew Dutton General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan
Maurizio Carli General Manager, EMEA
Dr Edward Wang Co-Founder and Principal Engineer
Scott Devine Co-Founder and Principal Engineer
Scott Bajtos Senior Vice President of Global Support Services

Paul Maritz joined VMware in July 2008 as President and CEO. Prior to joining VMware, he was President of the Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division at EMC after the company’s February 2008 acquisition of Pi, where he was the founder and CEO. Before founding Pi, he spent 14 years working at Microsoft, where he served as a member of the five-person Executive Committee that managed the overall company. As Vice President of the Platform Strategy and Developer Group, among other roles, he oversaw the development and marketing of System Software Products (including Windows 95, Windows NT, and Windows 2000), Development Tools (Visual Studio) and Database Products (SQL Server) and the complete Office and Exchange Product Lines. Prior to Microsoft, he spent five years working at Intel as a software and tools developer. Born and raised in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Paul is a graduate in Mathematics and Computer Science of the Universities of Cape Town and Natal in South Africa. He serves on the board of VMware and several privately-held software companies. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of the Grameen Foundation, which sponsors third-world development projects and provides microfinance support around the world. He has an active interest in wildlife issues and in using technology to improve life in developing countries.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. President and CEO Current
EMC Corporation President, Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division Current
Grameen Foundation Chairman Current
V2GREEN Board of Directors Current
Pi Corporation Founder & Chief Executive Officer Former
Intel Corporation Associate Former
Microsoft Corporation Executive Committee Member Former

Mark Peek oversees finance at VMware. Mark has more than 25 years of industry experience. He previously held the positions of Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Amazon.com. As Chief Accounting Officer, he oversaw the company's controllership, accounting, financial reporting and financial operations. Prior to joining Amazon.com in 2000, Mark was an audit partner at Deloitte, where he focused on technology companies and multi-national project and engagement management. Mark received a BS in accounting and international finance from Minnesota State University, where he graduated summa cum laude.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Amazon.com, Inc. Chief Accounting Officer & Vice President Former

Richard McAniff leads research and development across VMware’s Server and Desktop Business Units. He brings more than 28 years of software development leadership experience to VMware. Most recently, Richard spent 21 years at Microsoft. As corporate vice president for Microsoft Office, he was responsible for several major software tools including Excel and Access. He also oversaw the Business Intelligence effort within Office and development of Web components for the SharePoint Portal Server. In addition, Richard helped guide the development of Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003 and Office 2007. Before serving as corporate vice president, he served as general manager of the Visual Basic development system. Prior to joining to Microsoft in 1987, he was a member of the technical staff at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. During his seven years there, he worked on numerous projects including probability analyses for alternative fuels. Richard holds a master's degree in systems and industrial engineering from the University of Arizona, a master's degree in resource economics from the University of Massachusetts, and a bachelor of science degree in economics from the University of Massachusetts.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer Current
Microsoft Corporation Vice President, Microsoft Office Current
Organization Position Status
Borland Software Corporation Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy Current
VMware, Inc. Chief Marketing Officer Current
BEA Systems, Inc. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Marketing Former
California State University B.S. degree in computer science Former
Organization Position Status
Borland Software Corporation President & CEO Current
Borland Australia Pty Ltd. President & CEO Current
VMware, Inc. Chief Operating Officer Current
Borland Software Corporation Board of Directors Current
BEA Systems, Inc. chief marketing officer Former
BEA Systems, Inc. Executive Vice President, Engineering Former
Microsoft Corporation vice president Former
Microsoft Corporation general manager of database and developer Former

Carl Eschenbach leads VMware field operations including sales, pre/post-sales engineering and global channel strategies. Carl has more than 20 years of experience in the high tech industry covering all aspects of technology including networking, telephony, storage and infrastructure software. Prior to joining VMware, Carl was vice president of North America Sales at Inktomi where he was instrumental in building out the North America sales, pre-sales engineering and field marketing organizations. He has also held various sales management positions with 3Com, EMC and Lucent Technologies.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Executive Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations Current
Inktomi Corporation vice president of North America Sales Former

Betsy Sutter is responsible for human resources at VMware. Prior to this role, she was vice president of human resources for Silicon Gaming. Betsy has more than 20 years of experience in human resources management including management positions with Aehr Test Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation and General Electric/Intersil. Betsy holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President of Human Resources Current
Digital Equipment Corporation Former
Aehr Test Systems Former
University of California, Berkeley bachelor's degree in history Former

Brian Byun leads VMware’s strategic alliances, corporate development and ecosystem development teams responsible for VMware’s OEM, IHV and ISV partnerships. Brian has more than 20 years of experience delivering and marketing enterprise server and storage solutions, application middleware and Internet security software. Prior to VMware, Brian led product management for Rhapsody Networks, an intelligent storage networking venture acquired by Brocade Communications. He has also held product management, professional services, partner marketing and lead engineering roles at AOL, HP and Netscape. Brian holds a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President of Global Alliances Current
Netscape Communications Corporation Former
Massachusetts Institute of Technology bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science Former

Dan Chu leads VMware’s efforts in the areas of small and medium business, virtual appliances, and cloud computing. Previously Dan was president and co-founder of a national managed service provider focused on SMBs, and he also held roles in management consulting at Bain & Company, engineering at IBM and venture capital at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Dan has an MBA and undergraduate degree from Stanford University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President of Emerging Products and Markets Current
Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President, Global Support Services Current
SERENA Software, Inc. Vice President, Worldwide Customer Support Former
University of California Santa Cruz degree in Biological Sciences Former

Jocelyn Goldfein leads VMware’s desktop business unit. She is responsible for the company’s vClient initiative, which is comprised of desktop products including VMware View, VMware ThinApp, VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion. Since joining VMware in 2003, Jocelyn has played a pivotal role in scaling the product organization and launching new products for VMware. She has managed a broad set of internal groups ranging from core platform to applications to operations. Prior to VMware, Jocelyn was Director of Engineering for MessageOne; she also has worked for pcOrder, Trilogy, and Netscape. Jocelyn holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Desktop Business Unit Current

Raghu Raghuram leads VMware’s server business unit. He is responsible for VMware’s suite of virtual infrastructure products with a focus on the company’s Virtual Datacenter OS and related vCloud Initiatives. Since joining VMware in 2003, Raghu has held multiple roles in product management and product marketing. Most recently, he led worldwide product marketing, product management, and business planning for the virtual infrastructure, SMB, and emerging markets, as well as shared product marketing services. Prior to VMware, Raghu held product management and marketing roles at AOL, Bang Networks and Netscape. Raghu holds an MBA from the Wharton School of Business and a Master’s in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Server Business Unit Current
Finnovative Principal Current
Indian Institute of Management MBA Former
Indian Institute of Management B.S Former

Rashmi Garde oversees VMware's worldwide legal organization. She has over 15 years of software industry experience and previously held positions in the corporate legal department of Electronics for Imaging and with the law firms of Graham & James and Fenwick & West. Rashmi holds both a JD and a bachelor's degree in computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Vice President and General Counsel Current
Organization Position Status
BEA Systems, Inc. Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
Compoze Software Executive Vice President, Worldwide Sales Current
VMware, Inc. Vice President and General Manager, Americas Current
BEA Systems, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Fairleigh Dickinson University MBA In Finance Former
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Professional Development Program Former

Andrew Dutton leads VMware’s Asia Pacific and Japan region. Andrew is responsible for strategic planning, business development and management of key functions for the region, including sales, channels, services, finance and marketing. Andrew brings more than 27 years of global management and sales experience across various industries, including IT and financial services. Prior to VMware, Andrew was at Computer Associates (CA) where he was Senior Vice President and General Manager of International Business, responsible for sales and business operations throughout the Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ) regions. Prior to CA, Andrew was Senior Vice President and General Manager for BEA Systems EMEA. Earlier, Andrew spent 17 years at IBM in several different senior management positions. As Vice President and General Manager for IBM Software Group Asia Pacific based in Tokyo, Andrew had responsibility for more than 3,000 software sales, marketing and support personnel across the region. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Sydney University.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. General Manager, Asia Pacific and Japan Current
Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. General Manager, EMEA Current
Business Objects S.A. Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA Current
International Business Machines Corporation Vice President, Software Former
International Business Machines Corporation Vice President and General Manager, Tivoli Systems Division Former

Edward Wang has more than 10 years of high tech industry experience. Prior to joining VMware, he worked as a principal engineer at VXtreme and Mindcraft and has consulted extensively on UNIX software projects. In 1993, he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from Usenix for his contributions to the development of Berkeley UNIX. He also helped to neutralize the infamous Internet Worm virus by discovering and describing one of its key mechanisms. He holds a doctorate and master's degree in computer science and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Co-Founder and Principal Engineer Current
University of California, Berkeley doctorate and master's degree in computer Former

Scott Devine was a Ph.D. candidate in computer science at Stanford University prior to co-founding VMware. His primary research interests are in operating systems and computer architectures, and he was a key member of the SimOS and Disco virtual machine research teams. He holds a bachelor's degree from Cornell University and a master's degree from Stanford University.

Organization Position Status
VMware, Inc. Co-Founder and Principal Engineer Current
Stanford University Ph.D. candidate in computer science Former
Cornell University bachelor's degree Former
Organization Position Status
Business Objects S.A. Senior Vice President, Worldwide Customer Assurance Current
VMware, Inc. Senior Vice President of Global Support Services Current
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Vice President, Office of Customer Advocacy Former

Executive News

  • VMware Arms for Microsoft Battle

    Forbes.com - 6/24/09 - View Story

  • Siemens Unveils Virtualization Services

    Reuters - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • Siemens Unveils Virtualization Services

    Street Insider - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • Siemens Unveils Virtualization Services

    PR Newswire - 6/23/09 - View Story

  • Dell Introduces Virtualization Solutions, Enterprise Products and Services to Fast Track Efficiency

    WaveForm - 6/20/09 - View Story

  • HostMySite, Hosting.com Merges Hosting Solutions

    Hostingtech - 6/20/09 - View Story

  • HostMySite, Hosting.com Deploys Cloud Hosting Solutions into Cloud 9 Merger

    The Hosting News - 6/16/09 - View Story

  • HostMySite Hosting.com Merge Cloud Hosting Solutions Into Cloud 9 Brand

    HostReview.com - 6/13/09 - View Story

  • HostMySite Hosting.com Merge Cloud Hosting Solutions into Cloud 9

    PR Newswire via Yahoo! - 6/11/09 - View Story

  • Golden Parachutes Ready for Top Sun Executives

    CIO Magazine - 6/10/09 - View Story

  • Golden parachutes ready for top Sun execs

    Computerworld - 6/09/09 - View Story

  • Amazon's Cloud Strategy Becomes Clearer Every Day

    Seeking Alpha - 6/09/09 - View Story

  • VMware's Revenue Rises 42 Percent in 2008

    Application Development Trends - 6/08/09 - View Story

  • VMware To Give Away Hypervisor

    Application Development Trends - 6/08/09 - View Story

  • UPDATE: Borland Sheds Staff, Faces Challenges

    Application Development Trends - 6/08/09 - View Story

  • How the Cloud Will Change Business

    BusinessWeek - 6/05/09 - View Story

  • How Cloud Computing Will Change Business

    BusinessWeek - 6/05/09 - View Story

  • Micro Focus Buys Borland

    Sys-Con Canada - 6/04/09 - View Story

  • TiEcon 2009 Sparks Economy With Record-Breaking Attendance

    Reuters - 5/27/09 - View Story

  • Terremark Secures Equity Investment From VMware

    Business Wire - 5/26/09 - View Story

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     VMW $29.91 +1.15 (4.00% )
Average Volume 2,022,200
Shares Outstanding 391.96M
Market Cap 11.7B
Year High 55.91
Year Low 17.25
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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