VMware, Inc.

VMware, Inc. is a leading provider of virtualization and cloud infrastructure software, founded in 1998 and headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The company pioneered x86 virtualization and is best known for products such as VMware Workstation, VMware Player, ESXi (the hypervisor), vSphere (server virtualization and cloud platform), vSAN (software-defined storage), NSX (network virtualization), and VMware Tanzu (Kubernetes and modern application platform). VMware's solutions span desktop and server virtualization, private and hybrid cloud infrastructure, networking and security, and modern application platforms for enterprise customers.

Over its history, VMware has grown through product innovation and acquisitions to become a major software vendor for enterprises and service providers. The company serves a wide range of industries by enabling more efficient use of hardware resources, simplified management of complex data centers, and support for cloud-native and containerized workl...