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Video: Tarry Singh and Nicolas Charbonnier – Introduction from VMworld Europe 2008 (Cannes, France)

February 26, 2008 by Robin Wauters 1 Comment

The video below is part of our Virtualization Video Series, a recurring theme we want to implement on Virtualization.com featuring interviews with key players from the industry, event reports, etc.

This interview was recorded at VMWorld Europe 2008 in Cannes, France, and features Tarry Singh, and Nicolas ‘Charbax‘ Charbonnier getting ready for video coverage of the event.

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VMware: Not just hypervisor revenue

September 12, 2007 by Robin Wauters Leave a Comment

Stephen Shankland from CNET reported that more than 80 percent of VMware income comes from higher-level tools, a move that gives the EMC subsidiary more breathing room against rivals.

In the old days, VMware made its money selling core virtualization software called a hypervisor that lets a computer run several operating systems simultaneously. Now it’s moved beyond that.

“Over 80 percent of our revenue comes from outside of our hypervisor today,” VMware President Diane Greene said in a press meeting at the company’s VMworld show in San Francisco. “We’ve done a very effective job of building products that unlock the value of virtualization for our users.”

That’s significant, given the competitive realities that face the company. The open-source Xen hypervisor today is available for free, and Microsoft plans to build a hypervisor code-named Viridian into its future Windows Server. Read more at source.