History of VMware
November 11th, 2009
2009
- View 4.0 released - Nov. 19th
- Fusion 3.0 released - Oct. 27th
- Workstation 7 released - Oct. 27th
- 6th VMworld conference held in San Francisco, CA (12,500 attendees)
- vSphere 4.0 Released - May 21st
- 2nd VMworld Europe held in Cannes, France (4,700 attendees)
- Converter 4.0 Released
2008
- 5th VMworld conference held in Las Vegas, NV (14,000 attendees)
- Fusion 2.0 released
- Server 2.0 released
- Workstation 6.5 released
- ESXi becomes available for free
- 1st VMworld Europe held in Cannes, France (4,500 attendees)
- Paul Maritz takes over as CEO from Diane Greene
2007
- 4th VMworld conference held in San Francisco, CA (10,800 attendees)
- ESX 3i released - Dec. 20th
- Fusion 1.0 for Mac released
- Converter 3.0 released (formerly P2V Assistant)
- ESX 3.5 & VirtualCenter 2.5 released - Dec. 10th
- Workstation 6.0 released
2006
- 3rd VMworld conference (6,700 attendees)
- VI3 released with ESX 3.0 & VirtualCenter 2.0 - Jun. 15th
- Server 1.0 released (replaced GSX Server)
2005
- 2nd VMworld conference (3,500 attendees)
- Player 1.0 released
- P2V Assistant 2.0 released
- Workstation 5.0 & 5.5 released
2004
- 1st VMworld conference in San Diego, CA (1,400 attendees)
- ESX 2.5 released
- GSX Server 3.0 released
- VMTN technical communities launched - Oct. 27th
- EMC Acquires VMware
2003
- VMware VirtualCenter 1.0 with VMotion Released - Nov. 10th
2001
- ESX 1.0 (Elastic Sky X) & GSX 1.0 (Ground Storm X) released
- Workstation 3.0 released
2000
- Workstation 2.0 released
1999
- Workstation 1.0 released for Windows & Linux
1998
- VMware founded by Diane Greene, Dr. Mendel Rosenblum and Ed Bugnion




