VISION AND MISSION OF VMWARE

VISION:

The VMware vision is to bring a new level of simplicity to IT by enabling

such a service-level management model that Comprehends everything
from how end users request services to how IT manages service levels.
VMware continues to advance toward this vision with a platform and
products that make IT infrastructure available as a ubiquitous, easily
accessible and reliable utility service, conceptually similar to the telephone
or electricity.

MISSION:

VMware’s mission is to simplify IT, and every VMware product focuses on

attacking the complexity and rigidity that has crept into this world. In many
ways we see the excitement over cloud computing to be a longing for a
simpler, more flexible way of doing computing.

OBJECTIVES:

Our whole objective is to drive up our system utilization, and the

beauty of VMware virtual infrastructure is that it allows us to do this- without
performance degration.

HISTORY:

VMware (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud

infrastructure, delivers customer-proven solutions that significantly reduce
IT complexity and enable more flexible, agile service delivery. VMware
accelerates an organization’s transition to cloud computing, while
preserving existing IT investments and enabling more efficient, agile
service delivery without compromising control. With more than 190,000
customers and 25,000 partners, VMware helps organizations of all sizes
lower costs, preserve freedom of choice and energize business through IT
while saving energy—financial, human and the Earth’s.
1998

• VMware founded by Diane Greene, Dr. Mendel Rosenblum and Ed

Bugnion

1999

• VMware Workstation 1.0 released for Windows and Linux

2000

• VMware Workstation 2.0 released

2001

• VMware ESX 1.0 (Elastic Sky X) and VMware GSX 1.0 (Ground
Storm X) released
• VMware Workstation 3.0 released

2002

• VMware ESX 1.5 released

• VMware GSX Server 2.0 released

2003

• VMware VirtualCenter 1.0 released with VMotion

• VMware ESX 2.0 released with vSMP support
• P2V Assistant 1.0 released
• VMware GSX Server 2.5 released
• VMware Workstation 4.0 released

2004

• 1st VMworld conference in San Diego, CA (1,400 attendees)

• VMware ESX 2.5 released
• VMware GSX Server 3.0 released
• VMTN technical communities launched
• EMC acquires VMware

2005
 • VMware Player 1.0 released
• P2V Assistant 2.0 released
• Second VMworld conference (3,500 attendees)
• VMware Workstation 5.0 and 5.5 released

2006

• Third VMworld conference (6,700 attendees)

• VMware Infrastructure 3 released with VMware ESX 3.0 and
VirtualCenter 2.0
• VMware Server 1.0 released, VMware GSX dropped from product
line

2007

• Fourth VMworld conference (10,800 attendees)

• VMware ESX 3i released
• VMware Converter 3.0 released (formerly P2V Assistant)
• VMware Fusion 1.0 for Mac released
• VMware ESX 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 released
• VMware Workstation 6.0 released

2008

• Fifth VMworld conference (14,000 attendees)

• VMware Fusion 2.0 released
• VMware Server 2.0 released
• VMware Workstation 6.5 released
• VMware ESXi becomes available for free
• Paul Maritz takes over as CEO

2009

• VMware Converter 4.0 released

• VMware Infrastructure 4 to be released