A Closer Look: VMware IPO
A Closer Look: VMware IPO
By Charlie Leffingwell
published: Tuesday, August 14 2007




VSM speaks with Daniel Kusnetzky, President and Principal Analyst of the Kusnetzky Group, about VMware and its upcoming IPO Listen to the Podcast:


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Podcast Summary:
Length: 21:50

  • Introduction
  • Daniel Kusnetzky, President and Principal Analyst, Kusnetzky Group (:10)
  • Factors driving WMware IPO (:35)
  • Why now? - Timing of offering (:2:30)
  • Competitive Landscape (3:45)
  • Virtual machine software and Xen ( 4:30 )
  • Operating system virtualization and Solaris, HP (5:35)
  • Management tools and competition (6:05 )
  • Virtual machine replication and competition (6:30 )
  • Microsoft and virtualization (6:50)
  • Microsoft licensing issues (7:20)
  • Is virtualization becoming a commodity?( 10:10)
  • Examining Intel’s investment in VMware (12:05)
  • For more information about the Kusnetzky Group (20:00)
  • Closing


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