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VMware CEO Paul Maritz Talks About the Cloud Monster, Microsoft and More! (Video)

Kara Swisher in Enterprise on July 13, 2011 at 10:31 am PT

VMware CEO Paul Maritz has his hands full trying to keep the lead in the hyper-competitive virtualization space, as more and more businesses move into the cloud. He talks about the complexities and the competition with companies like Microsoft, where — irony alert — he was a former top exec and is often mentioned as the best candidate to be its next CEO.

Exclusive: VMware Likely to Buy Zimbra From Yahoo

Kara Swisher in News on January 4, 2010 at 11:22 am PT

Yahoo is close to selling its Zimbra unit to VMware, according to several sources close to the situation. Sources said the deal could be announced soon, but the price for the open-source email unit was still unclear. One source noted that the reason that VMware was interested in nabbing Zimbra was that its execs want to expand “up the stack” from the software company’s position in virtualization. And Yahoo’s reasoning? The Internet giant has been targeting assets for “de-acquisition” that are not central to the strategies of its new management.

Hey, Lucovsky…Don't Let This Chair Hit You on the Way Out…

John Paczkowski in News on July 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm PT

The rumors are true. Mark Lucovsky, the engineer whose departure from Microsoft allegedly sent CEO Steve Ballmer into a paroxysm of profanity and chair-tossing, has left Google for a new position at VMware, the company has confirmed.

Hey, Lucovsky…Don’t Let This Chair Hit You on the Way Out…

John Paczkowski in News on July 15, 2009 at 5:39 pm PT

The rumors are true. Mark Lucovsky, the engineer whose departure from Microsoft allegedly sent CEO Steve Ballmer into a paroxysm of profanity and chair-tossing, has left Google for a new position at VMware, the company has confirmed.

Why Microsoft Will Sit Out the Yahoo-AOL Dance (and Bide Its Time to Capture Search)

Kara Swisher in News on October 8, 2008 at 8:04 am PT

While a lot of analysts and pundits have suggested that Microsoft would or should surely jump into the fray–now that AOL and Yahoo are talking merger more seriously, and especially since Yahoo’s stock has dropped in the $14 range–don’t count on it. In fact, in what has to be the most Zen-like approach it has ever had, sources close to Microsoft’s thinking actually hope that the talks to combine the Time Warner unit and Yahoo will work out, which could give the software giant another shot at nabbing the search business from the pair.

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VMware Closes Under $40 for First Time Ever

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on July 9, 2008 at 6:32 pm PT

Investors continued to shed VMware (VMW) shares today in the wake of yesterday’s firing of CEO Diane Greene and a reduction in the company’s 2008 outlook. The company, which went public August 13, 2007, at $29 a share, immediately went soaring higher, trading as high as $125.25 on an intra-day basis last Halloween.