VMware's IPO Keeps It Real
Leader For today, VMware's IPO is very tangible proof of the importance of innovation to IT — and the continuing truth that good ideas well targeted attract ample rewards. An IPO, with its attendant options, ready cash and promises of success rewarded, is...
[April 30, 2007, 15:48]
VMware IPO Puts Virtualisation In The Spotlight
News The company hopes to raise $75m, based on its IPO registration filing fee with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Computer-monitor maker ViewSonic has also lined up at the IPO gate, aiming to raise $143.8m with its offering, according to...
[August 15, 2007, 10:26]
Intel Investment Boosts VMware IPO
News VMware, the EMC subsidiary that brought virtualisation software to the mainstream, said on Monday that it expects to raise $741.4m (£368.1m) in its initial public stock offering — and that Intel will supply another $218.5m.
[July 10, 2007, 8:21]
EMC To Sell Chunk Of VMware Stock
News We expect the IPO to unlock more of VMware's value for EMC shareholders while also strengthening its ability to retain and attract the software industry's top talent," EMC chief executive Joe Tucci said in a statement.
[February 8, 2007, 8:22]
VMware Boss Leaves Amid Revenue Worries
News Greene had been on a one-year contract with VMware, signed just before its successful IPO in August 2007. Diane Greene, co-founder, president and chief executive of virtualisation company VMware, left the company on Tuesday.
[July 9, 2008, 12:56]
VMware Public Offering Could Raise $100m
News Earlier this year, EMC announced the VMware IPO plan, saying the move would "unlock VMware value" for EMC shareholders and make it easier for VMware to attract and retain good employees. EMC subsidiary VMware could raise as much as $100m in its...
[April 30, 2007, 8:59]
What To Expect From VMworld Europe 2008
News Following its highly successful IPO last August, VMware is a company in transition from being a solid and fast-growing player to becoming a top-tier vendor. Although VMworld is VMware's show, there will be over 50 companies at the event, and...
[February 25, 2008, 8:42]
2007: The Year In Software
News The company's IPO in August was a spectacular success as the company saw its share price double as soon as the shares became available. NetSuite, the online customer relationship management (CRM) vendor, also finished the year on a high, as its...
[December 28, 2007, 15:11]
Virtualisation: The Race Is On To Corner The Market
Articles Storage giant EMC bought VMware for $625m (£348) in 2004 and three years later floated 10 percent of the virtualisation company in a partial IPO, picking up $1bn. The same survey found 82 percent of those servers are virtualised with VMware.
[September 18, 2008, 16:11]
Intel Boosts Virtualisation With Quad-core Xeons
News VMware — the market leader in virtualisation — has witnessed considerable success and undertakes its initial public offering (IPO) today. Virtualisation technology built into both processors enables third-party software — from suppliers such as...
[August 14, 2007, 12:28]
Citrix Snaps Up XenSource
News Following the listing of VMware on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, the market for virtualisation software has received another boost with the sale of fellow virtualisation firm XenSource to Citrix Systems.
[August 15, 2007, 16:49]
Parallels Boss Sees No Joke In April Fool's
News Speculation had intensified for a time when another virtualisation company, VMware, went through a partial IPO last year. Serguei Beloussov woke up early on Tuesday to see people in the world of virtualisation commenting on the news that he had...
[April 2, 2008, 16:20]
