VMware Milestones
1998
- VMware Founded
1999
- Company Launch at DEMO 1999
- VMware Workstation 1.0 for Linux and Windows Released
- First Product Award Won [ more]
2000
- First International Office Opened
2001
- IBM, Dell, Compaq and HP Joined VMware Partner Program
- VMware ESX Server 1.0 and VMware GSX Server 1.0 Released
- VMware and the National Security Agency Teamed to Build Advanced Secure Computer Systems [ more]
2002
- IBM and Fujitsu Siemens Became Distribution Partners and Resellers
- 1 Million Registered User Mark Surpassed [ more]
2003
- HP, NEC and Unisys Became 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 Held (1,400 Attendees)
- Dell Became a Distribution Partner and Reseller
- Open Interface to Virtual Infrastructure Available [ more]
- 64-bit Computing Support Introduced [ more]
- VMware Technology Network (VMTN) Launched [ more]
- VMware Acquired for $625 Million, Became an EMC Subsidiary with Separate R&D, Sales and Marketing; Rules of Engagement Established [ more]
2005
- Second VMworld Conference Held (3,500 Attendees) [ more]
- Intel Virtualization Hardware Assist Released
- DMTF Virtualization Standards Group Established
- Sun Microsystems Became 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]
- VMware Acquired AOG Software (capacity planning)
2006
- Third VMworld Conference Held (6,700 Attendees)
- AMD Virtualization Hardware Assist Released
- Fujitsu and Hitachi Became 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]
- 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 Academic Program Launched [ more]
- VMware Acquired Akimbi (test/dev automation) [
more]
2007
- IPO
- Cisco and Intel Invested in VMware
- Fourth VMworld Conference Held (10,800 Attendees) [ more]
- 100th Award Won [ more]
- VMware Fusion 1.0 for Mac Users Released [ more]
- 500th Virtual Appliance Available on Virtual Appliance Marketplace
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- VMware Selected as Virtualization Partner for the National Security Agency's Secure Workstation Solution [ more]
- Cross-Platform Paravirtualization Support Introduced [ more]
- VMware ESXi Hypervisor Introduced [ more]
- VMware Acquires Determina (security), Dunes (virtual machine lifecycle), Propero (connection broker) and Sciant (development)
2008
- Calendar Year Revenues $1.3 Billion, Surpassed the $1 Billion Mark in 10 years Since Founding
- First VMworld Europe Conference Held (4,500 Attendees) [ more]
- Fifth VMworld Conference Held (13,800 Attendees) [ more]
- 200th Award Won [ more]
- VMware ESXi Hypervisor Available for Free [ more]
- Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP and IBM Announced Plans to Embed VMware ESX 3i Hypervisor [ more]
- VMware vCloud Initiative Introduced [ more]
- VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform (MVP) for Mobile Phones Introduced [ more]
- VMware Acquired B-hive (application performance monitoring), Blue Lane (security), Foedus (services assets), Kapsean (technology for cloud OS), Thinstall (application virtualization), Trango Virtual Processors (mobile virtualization) and Tungsten Graphics (3D graphics)
2009
- Second VMworld Europe Conference Held (4,700 Attendees) [ more]
- VMware vSphere 4, the Successor to VMware Infrastructure 3, Released [ more]
- VMware and Cisco Announced an OEM Agreement for the Unified Computing System [ more]
- DMTF Announced the “Open Cloud Standards Incubator” to Develop Standards for Managing a Cloud Computing Environment [ more]
