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Archive for 10. July 2008

Writing on the wall for VMware: Loosing a CEO doesn’t instill confidence

In case you haven’t heard Diane Green (co-founder/CEO) has been let go from VMware. This stroke of genius not only spurred numerous articles on the future and stability of VMware as a whole but also earned VMware the Motley Fools “Worser” stock of the day

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EMC CEO’s ego has cost investors billions

Comment Whacks Greene when VMware needed her most

By firing VMware chief Diane Greene, EMC’s top dog Joe Tucci has sent a message to investors that his personal likes and dislikes come before their broader interests. That’s not exactly what you want to see from an executive who has already done so very little for investors over the past five years. We’ve written more than any …

 

Greene washed out of VMWare as revs undershoot

MS veteran replaces co-founder

VMWare co-founder Diane Greene left the company today as it announced it would undershoot its full year revenue targets. VMWare chairman Joe Tucci said in a statement that former Microsoft exec Paul Maritz would take the helm of the firm. Tucci also thanked Greene for her contributions and wished her “every success in the …

 

VMware’s Woes - Is Microsoft Virtualization to Blame?
Written by: Douglas Brown

Today, VMware announced it has fired (my words, not theirs) one of their founders and the current CEO, Diane Greene. This came as a huge shock to me and most of us in the virtualization industry. In the following article I will explain why I think VMware’s Board let Diane go an why VMware’s stock falling like a MythBusters project to determine the terminal velocity of a 21 billion dollar rock falling from the top of the Empire State Building, and why do I think this is mostly caused by Microsoft.
http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8115


Thoughts on VMware’s New CEO - Paul Maritz
Written by: Bernd Harzog
VMware faces enormous challenges and enormous opportunities. Paul Maritz might be just the right person to take the company to the next level and to really give Microsoft a run for its money.
http://www.dabcc.com/article.aspx?id=8112

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