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VMWare fights back, and stumbles

12Aug08

VMWare showed last month that it was readying for a battle with Microsoft by ousting its founder and CEO Diane Greene, and replacing her with ex-Microsoft Vice President of Platform Strategy and Developer Group Paul Maritz. The news sent the shares tumbling by 28% and the company gave no public reason for the move although [...]

System virtualisation - future or fad?

16Aug07

With VMware’s share price rising as much as 91% on the first day of trading, is this the future in IT or just another technology fad? It certainly has some advantages in many situations but it also has its disadvantages.




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