VMware

VMware, established in 1998 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is a leading software company specializing in cloud and virtualization services. It provides a comprehensive suite of software-defined services, including compute, storage, network, security, and cloud management, enabling businesses to run, manage, connect, and secure applications across private and public clouds. VMware's solutions enhance enterprise agility and flexibility, allowing users to choose their preferred development platforms and environments while increasing operational efficiency and reducing costs. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, application development, and cybersecurity, and it operates globally, with a significant presence in the United States. VMware's software helps businesses securely access applications and data from anywhere, accelerating digital transformation.

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Open Source Developer

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Pivotal

Acquisition in 2019
Pivotal Labs, founded in 1989, is a software company specializing in agile development and digital transformation technology. With over two decades of experience, it has established itself as a leader in building reliable and scalable software for both innovative industry leaders and emerging companies across various sectors. Pivotal Labs collaborates with technical teams of varying expertise to launch hundreds of web and mobile products and develop complex enterprise infrastructures. The company has partnered with notable organizations such as Twitter, Salesforce.com, and Best Buy, among others. Pivotal Labs is also the creator of Pivotal Tracker, a widely-used project management tool for developers. With offices in major cities including San Francisco, New York, and London, Pivotal continues to influence the software development practices of some of the world's most admired brands.

VMware/ Bitnami

Acquisition in 2019
Bitnami is a library of popular server applications and development environments that can be installed with one click, either in your laptop, in a virtual machine or hosted in the cloud. They take care of compiling and configuring the applications and all of their dependencies (third-party libraries, language runtimes, databases) so they work out-of-the-box. The resulting packaged software (a 'stack') is then made available as native installers, virtual machines and cloud images. These Bitnami application packages provide a consistent, secure and optimized end-user experience when deploying any app, on any platform. Bitnami-packaged applications are deployed over a million times per month and Bitnami drove over 235 million hours of compute usage in 2015. Bitnami is the leading supplier of applications to the major cloud marketplaces: Amazon, Google, Oracle, Microsoft and VMware, among others.

CloudVelox

Acquisition in 2018
CloudVelox is a technology company specializing in hybrid cloud solutions. Founded by experts in operating systems, distributed systems, virtualization, cloud, networking, and storage technologies, CloudVelox has developed software that allows both new and existing Linux and Windows multi-tier applications to run in the cloud without any modifications. This capability enables enterprises to seamlessly extend their data centers into the cloud, ensuring that applications can access necessary services residing back in the enterprise data center. The company's platform aims to automate the migration of private data centers to public clouds, thereby reducing business risk and enhancing IT productivity and resilience.

CloudCoreo

Acquisition in 2018
CloudCoreo, Inc. is a cloud management platform based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2014. The company enables users to design and deploy applications across various cloud providers, offering a comprehensive solution for managing cloud infrastructure. Its platform features a community-driven DevOps framework combined with a deployment engine that allows users to create, modify, and maintain cloud stacks, which include all components of a deployment, such as managed services for networking and security. Additionally, CloudCoreo provides a searchable repository of stacks and an automation engine that helps ensure compliance by identifying potential risks at the time of deployment. This functionality aids users in understanding and mitigating risks associated with their cloud environments. As of February 2018, CloudCoreo operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

PLUMgrid

Acquisition in 2016
PLUMgrid is a technology company specializing in virtual networking and software-defined networking (SDN) solutions. Founded in 2011 by experienced professionals in networking, software, and semiconductors, the company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with additional locations in Europe and Asia. PLUMgrid offers an open networking suite designed for OpenStack, facilitating the network virtualization of both public and private infrastructures. Its solutions enable users to efficiently manage multi-tenant virtual network environments. The company has garnered recognition for its innovative contributions to the industry, receiving multiple awards and establishing itself as a prominent start-up in Silicon Valley. With strong backing from top venture capital firms, PLUMgrid is experiencing rapid growth and expanding its global footprint.

Arkin

Acquisition in 2016
Arkin Net Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a software-defined networking operations platform designed to simplify the management of software-defined data centers (SDDC) for enterprises. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an additional office in Pune, India, Arkin's platform facilitates comprehensive visibility and analysis across both virtual and physical infrastructure. It enables organizations to enhance security, optimize resource utilization, and improve overall performance while fostering collaboration among IT teams. The platform is recognized for its user-friendly interface, akin to a Google Search experience, and includes features for planning, operating, visualizing, analyzing, and troubleshooting complex data center environments. Arkin has gained traction in the industry, supported by notable investors and experts in virtualization and big data. As of 2016, it operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

Pivotal

Series C in 2016
Pivotal Labs, founded in 1989, is a software company specializing in agile development and digital transformation technology. With over two decades of experience, it has established itself as a leader in building reliable and scalable software for both innovative industry leaders and emerging companies across various sectors. Pivotal Labs collaborates with technical teams of varying expertise to launch hundreds of web and mobile products and develop complex enterprise infrastructures. The company has partnered with notable organizations such as Twitter, Salesforce.com, and Best Buy, among others. Pivotal Labs is also the creator of Pivotal Tracker, a widely-used project management tool for developers. With offices in major cities including San Francisco, New York, and London, Pivotal continues to influence the software development practices of some of the world's most admired brands.

Immidio

Acquisition in 2015
Immidio, established in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 2008, specializes in software development for enterprise environments. It focuses on enhancing usability and productivity through its products, which enable end-users to enjoy a consistent, personalized Windows desktop experience across various devices and locations. This flexibility empowers modern workforces while reducing IT costs.

CloudVolumes

Acquisition in 2014
CloudVolumes, founded in early 2011 and originally known as SnapVolumes, is a company based in Santa Clara, California, that specializes in application life cycle management across virtual, cloud, and physical environments. Established by experts from notable organizations such as VMware, Citrix, and Microsoft, CloudVolumes offers enterprise-class solutions for instant workload management. Its technology enables IT departments to efficiently manage applications without the need for extensive re-architecting or rewriting of existing software. The company's solutions are designed to fully leverage virtualization while accommodating legacy applications and integrating seamlessly with existing policies and management systems in data centers and cloud environments.

Desktone

Acquisition in 2013
Desktone, Inc. is a provider of a pioneering virtual desktop hosting platform that delivers desktops as an outsourced subscription service. The company's innovative platform integrates all necessary desktop virtualization layers into a single, automated, self-service technology. This approach simplifies the provisioning and management of large-scale desktop environments, transforming traditional infrastructure costs from capital expenditures to operational expenditures. By enhancing the protection of physical resources and corporate information, Desktone increases business agility and reduces the total cost of ownership for desktops. Through its services, Desktone aims to boost client productivity and streamline desktop management processes.

Pivotal

Series A in 2013
Pivotal Labs, founded in 1989, is a software company specializing in agile development and digital transformation technology. With over two decades of experience, it has established itself as a leader in building reliable and scalable software for both innovative industry leaders and emerging companies across various sectors. Pivotal Labs collaborates with technical teams of varying expertise to launch hundreds of web and mobile products and develop complex enterprise infrastructures. The company has partnered with notable organizations such as Twitter, Salesforce.com, and Best Buy, among others. Pivotal Labs is also the creator of Pivotal Tracker, a widely-used project management tool for developers. With offices in major cities including San Francisco, New York, and London, Pivotal continues to influence the software development practices of some of the world's most admired brands.

Virsto Software

Acquisition in 2013
Virsto Software, founded in late 2007 by experts in storage and virtualization, specializes in developing innovative storage solutions tailored for virtual servers and data centers. The company's flagship product, Virsto One, is a hypervisor-based storage virtualization software that allows organizations to streamline storage management, enhance performance, and optimize the use of server and storage hardware. By providing a cost-effective approach to managing storage for virtual environments, Virsto aims to alleviate the complexities associated with traditional storage methods. As a result, businesses utilizing Virsto's technology can achieve significant reductions in both capital and operational expenses while improving their data management processes.

Nicira Networks

Acquisition in 2012
Nicira Networks specializes in software solutions that facilitate the transition of data centers to cloud infrastructure by virtualizing networking capabilities. Founded by leading researchers from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley, the company aims to accelerate the adoption of elastic, scale-out data centers. Nicira's flagship product, the Network Hypervisor, transforms traditional data center networks by reproducing the network service model in a logical environment, enabling better control and management of logical networks. With a leadership team comprised of experienced entrepreneurs in networking, security, and virtualization, Nicira Networks is positioned to drive innovation in the field of cloud infrastructure.

DynamicOps

Acquisition in 2012
DynamicOps is a privately held company based in Burlington, MA, specializing in virtual infrastructure and lifecycle management software solutions. Its Operations Virtualization platform enables enterprises to swiftly adapt to market changes by transforming existing IT infrastructure into on-demand private and public cloud services within days. The company offers the DynamicOps Cloud Automation Center, which streamlines the management of IT services, ensuring end-to-end governance and self-service capabilities. This platform allows organizations to customize their cloud experience by integrating existing processes and utilizing a multi-vendor technology approach. Additionally, DynamicOps provides tools such as the Virtual Resource Manager for IT service automation, along with solutions for server and desktop provisioning and lab management, empowering businesses to efficiently develop and manage next-generation cloud services.

Wanova

Acquisition in 2012
Wanova specializes in Distributed Desktop Virtualization solutions that enhance the management, support, and protection of desktops and laptops for enterprises. The company's technology centralizes control over desktop infrastructure while optimizing user experience, allowing for full functionality even when offline. Wanova's innovative approach enables organizations to manage and secure distributed and mobile desktops, laptops, and netbooks effectively. By streamlining IT operations, Wanova helps businesses reduce costs and improve productivity, allowing IT teams to focus on strategic projects rather than the individual management of each endpoint.

Shavlik Technologies

Acquisition in 2011
Shavlik, a global leader in simplifying the complexity of IT management, is dedicated to significantly reducing the time-to-value for IT professionals from months to minutes. Shavlik’s Protect, Patch for Microsoft System Center and Management Intelligence are some of its on-premise and cloud base solutions that enable customers to manage both physical and virtual machines, deploy software, discover assets, simplify configuration, control power usage and ensure endpoint security. By bringing the sophisticated capabilities enjoyed by large companies to organizations of all sizes and types, Shavlik is driving the democratization of IT.

Nimbula

Series A in 2010
Nimbula is a cloud infrastructure software company that enables enterprises and service providers to construct private, public, or hybrid clouds. Founded by industry veterans Chris Pinkham and Willem van Biljon, who previously developed Amazon EC2, Nimbula offers its flagship product, Nimbula Director, which is designed to be scalable, highly automated, and user-friendly while providing complete control over cloud environments. The company’s solutions combine the flexibility and operational efficiencies typically associated with public clouds with the control and security of traditional data centers. Nimbula is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with a development team located in South Africa. It has participated in the OpenStack Foundation to further advance cloud software technologies. Nimbula was acquired by Oracle Corporation, reflecting its impactful role in the cloud software market.

Blue Lane Technologies

Acquisition in 2008
Blue Lane Technologies, Inc. specializes in providing vulnerability shields for both physical and virtual server infrastructure, safeguarding a range of operating systems, applications, and databases at the application layer. The company's offerings include VirtualShield, which features application-aware firewalling, inter-VM flow visibility and analytics, application policy control, and intrusion prevention, alongside ServerShield, a network security appliance. These solutions are designed to enhance the security of servers and virtual machines. Founded in 2002 and based in Cupertino, California, Blue Lane Technologies serves various industries, including financial services, healthcare, high technology, hosting, and retail. As of September 30, 2008, the company operates as a subsidiary of VMware, Inc.

B-hive Networks

Acquisition in 2008
B-hive Networks, based in Dubai, Riyadh, and Los Angeles, specializes in virtual environment management solutions tailored for retailers, financial organizations, and web companies. Its flagship product, Conductor, is a virtual appliance that integrates within existing data center infrastructures. Utilizing self-learning technology, Conductor effectively maps user transactions and application components, allowing IT departments to monitor and manage operations efficiently. The software provides insights into multi-tier applications, including end-user transaction response times, virtual machine utilization, and interdependencies among virtual machines. By establishing baseline performance metrics and facilitating service level reporting, B-hive Networks enables businesses to enhance the availability and performance of their services while optimizing resource allocation in a cost-effective manner.

Thinstall

Acquisition in 2008
Thinstall, Inc. operates as an application virtualization software company. It offers Virtualization Suite, an application virtualization platform that enables complex software to be delivered as self-contained EXE files, which can run instantly with zero installation from various data sources; Virtual Operating System (VOS), which enables entire applications to be packaged into a single EXE that can be run without an installation process, and without modifying the resident operating system.

Dunes Technologies

Acquisition in 2007
Dunes Technologies is a software development company based in Vaud, Switzerland, established in 2000. The company specializes in process automation and system management solutions tailored for virtual service and virtual desktop environments. Dunes Technologies provides a comprehensive suite of cost-effective tools designed to efficiently manage virtual IT infrastructures. By leveraging automation, the company enhances IT operations performance and maximizes the benefits of virtualization. Its proactive service mediation platform supports the development of S-Ops products, which manage application-based services throughout their entire operational life cycle.

Akimbi Systems

Acquisition in 2006
Akimbi Systems, Inc. is a company that specializes in infrastructure management solutions tailored for software development and testing organizations. Founded in 2004 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, Akimbi develops complex configuration capture-and-restore systems that allow software developers and quality assurance engineers to efficiently suspend and capture environments to a shared storage library. This capability enhances collaboration and streamlines the development process. The company has established strategic partnerships with notable firms, including Mercury, Microsoft, Platespin, and VMware. Akimbi Systems was acquired by VMware in 2006, further integrating its innovative solutions into the broader infrastructure management landscape.
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