Lionel Sujay Vailshery
Research expert covering cloud computing and emerging tech industries
VMware - statistics & facts
A tale of innovation, acquisition, and rebirth, VMware's story is a testament to the dynamic nature of the tech industry. As the first company to successfully commercialize the virtualization of the x86 microprocessor architecture, VMware is the鈥痬arket leader in the virtualization market, offering application software solutions that can run independently of the underlying hardware. Founded in 1998 in Palo Alto, California, the cloud computing and virtualization company is now 23 years old. After being acquired by EMC and Dell Technologies, Dell purchased EMC, and VMware was spun off from Dell in November 2021, enjoying a brief period of independence until 2023.
