VMware
VMware Milestones
1998
1999
- Company Launch at DEMO 1999
- VMware Workstation 1.0 for Linux and Windows Released
- VMware Receives First Product Award
2000
- VMware Opens First International Office
2001
- IBM, Dell, Compaq and HP Join VMware Partner Program
- VMware ESX Server 1.0 and VMware GSX Server 1.0 Released
- VMware, National Security Agency Team to Build Advanced Secure Computer Systems [more]
2002
- IBM and Fujitsu Siemens Become Distribution Partners and Resellers
- 1 Million Registered User Mark Surpassed [more]
2003
- HP, NEC and Unisys Become Distribution Partners and Resellers
- VMware VirtualCenter 1.0 with VMotion Released [more]
- First Product to Support Virtual SMP Released [more]
- VMware Converter 1.0 Released [more]
2004
- First VMworld Conference (1,400 Attendees)
- Dell Becomes a Distribution Partner and Reseller
- Open Interface to Virtual Infrastructure Becomes Available [more]
- 64-bit Computing Support Introduced [more]
- VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Launched [more]
- VMware Acquired for $625 Million, Becomes an EMC Subsidiary with Separate R&D, Sales and Marketing; Rules of Engagement Established [more]
2005
- Second VMworld Conference (3,500 Attendees)
- Intel Releases Virtualization Hardware Assist
- DMTF Establishes Virtualization Standards Group
- Sun Microsystems Becomes a Reseller Partner
- Community Source Program Launched [more]
- Free VMware Player 1.0 Released [more]
- VMware ACE 1.0 Released [more]
- First Product to Support Multi-core Released [more]
- Server Capacity Planning and Consolidation Services Available [more]
2006
- Third VMworld Conference (6,700 Attendees)
- AMD Releases Virtualization Hardware Assist
- Fujitsu and Hitachi Become Distribution Partners and Resellers
- VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Alliance Formed [more]
- First Utility Financial Incentive Program to Support Virtualization Projects in Data Centers Introduced [more]
- VMware Becomes Founding Member of the Green Grid, a Consortium Pioneering New Data Center Designs to Improve Energy Efficient Performance [www.thegreengrid.org]
- 1 Millionth Download of VMware Player
- Virtual Appliance Marketplace and Certification Program Launched [more]
- VMware Infrastructure 3 Released [more]
- Free VMware Server, the Successor to VMware GSX Server, Released [more]
- VMware Lab Manager Released [more]
- VMware Academic Program Launched [more]
- VMware Acquires Akimbi [more]
2007
- Fourth VMworld Conference (10,800 Attendees) [more]
- Annualized Run Rate Surpasses $1 Billion
- Intel Announces Investment in VMware [more]
- Cisco Announces Investment in VMware [more]
- IPO [more]
- 100th Award Won [more]
- TCO Calculator Introduced [more]
- VMware SMB Bundle Introduced [more]
- VMware Fusion 1.0 for Mac Users Released [more]
- 500th Virtual Appliance Available on Virtual Appliance Marketplace [vam.vmware.com]
- VMware Selected as Virtualization Partner for the National Security Agency's Secure Workstation Solution [more]
- Cross-Platform Paravirtualization Support Introduced [more]
- VMware ESXi Introduced [more]
- VMware Site Recovery Manager Introduced [more]
- VMware Service Provider Program for Hosting Providers Launched [more]
- VMware Joins the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a Group Focused on Promoting Energy Efficient Computing [www.climatesaverscomputing.org]
- VMware Acquires Dunes Technologies [more]
- VMware Unveils Academic Program [more]
- VMware Announces Support from SAP of VMware ESX Server for Production Environments [more]
2008
- VMware Acquires B-Hive Networks [more]
- VMware Announces Agreements to Embed VMware ESX 3i Hypervisor Across Broad Lines of Servers from Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP and IBM [more]
- Dell and VMware Delivering Virtualization Everywhere [more]
- First Fujitsu-Siemens PRIMERGY servers now shipping with embedded VMware ESX Server 3i virtualization solution [more]
- VMware and HP Announce Agreement to Embed VMware ESX 3i on HP ProLiant Servers [more]
