virtualization.info (Free subscription) | 24/11/2008
Immediately after the replacement its CEO ( the former Microsoft executive Paul Maritz took the place of Diane Greene ), VMware risked to lose a number of high-profile executives and software engineers loyal to the fired co-founder. The mass exodus never happened (also thanks to some aggressive workforce retaining programs ) but VMware lost a bunch of key figures nonetheless: Paul Chan...
PaniSphere (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
... expand in the next couple of years. In July, Maritz replaced VMware’s co-founder and former CEO Diane Greene who was ousted due to some marketing decisions which had led to the company’s plummeting shares that had dropped 5 percent during under her management. According to Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff, Maritz has a full understanding where his company should go. VMware has been...
Virtualization Report (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Server virtualization technology in itself is a game-changing application. And in an economic downturn, virtualization becomes an even more powerful weapon in the IT arsenal. Diane Greene, VMware's former CEO and co-founder used to label the technology as recession proof. And true enough, this green technology can help the financial bottom line, but it has a lot more to offer than what...
Business Week (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
... slowing growth and plummeting shares (BusinessWeek.com, 7/8/08) of its former CEO and co-founder Diane Greene. Shares of VMware slumped 1.22, or 5%, to 22 on Nov. 12. VMware held 2007's most successful initial public offering by specializing in software that helps companies cut costs by making more efficient use of their computers. Now, VMware needs to show customers and investors...
Providence Journal (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
Ken Baronian, of Providence, says the drop in prices has not been significant enough to prompt a change in his lifestyle.The Providence Journal / Sandor BodoCRANSTON — When gasoline prices reached their all-time high of more than $4 a gallon in July, it would have taken about $80 for Diane Greene to fill the tank on her Toyota Sienna minivan.She does not know exactly how much it would...
