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
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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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