PC World - Virtualization Software Leader's Future Cloudy - The Diigo Meta page

• 31 Jan 08
  

  Bill H

  VMware stock plunged this week by more than 30% after the EMC -controlled company posted disappointing earnings influenced by challenges from large vendors such as Microsoft and Citrix who are expanding into the field of Microsoft virtualization that VMware has long dominated.

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  • VMware revenue is still growing, increasing 80% in the fourth quarter of 2007 over the previous year, and EMC projects revenue to grow another 50% in 2008. But both of those numbers fell short of analyst expectations
  • VMware stock reached its peak on Oct. 31, trading at $125.25. After Tuesday's debacle, the stock hit a low of $53.57
  • Hardware advances will also force VMware to find new ways to differentiate itself in the coming years, as Intel and AMD are building virtualization capabilities directly into the x86 processor.

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