Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat » IPO Archives – Stephen Foskett, Pack Rat http://blog.fosketts.net Understanding the accumulation of data Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:40:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= VMware Acquires Virtualization Management Firm, Dunes http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/09/11/vmware-acquires-virtualization-management-firm-dunes/ http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/09/11/vmware-acquires-virtualization-management-firm-dunes/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:39:10 +0000 Stephen http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/09/11/vmware-acquires-virtualization-management-firm-dunes/ There was lots of speculation last month about what VMware would do with all that post-IPO cash. Well, today at VMworld, the company announced it had acquired Swiss virtualization management company, Dunes. This just hit the wires, and there’s no information as of now on either company’s web site.

It looks like this will add an extra dose of mature process management around provisioning, managing, and retiring virtual machines. Considering how these virtual servers can pile up unnoticed (you can’t trip over them like a real server after all), this is a much-welcome addition.

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]]> http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/09/11/vmware-acquires-virtualization-management-firm-dunes/feed/ 0 XenSource Selects Citrix Over IPO http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/xensource-selects-citrix-over-ipo/ http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/xensource-selects-citrix-over-ipo/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:06:14 +0000 Stephen http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/xensource-selects-citrix-over-ipo/ As the virtualization world turns, hot on the heels of VMware’s successful IPO (it’s riding over $50 today), many might wonder about that company’s only major competitor.  Well, the answer is here: XenSource is being acquired by client-side virtualizer, Citrix!  Word is it’s a $500 million deal.  Not bad for little XenSource!

This looks like a replay for Citrix, which has long fought Microsoft’s Terminal Services in the client application access world and now will set itself up against both Microsoft and VMware in the server virtualization market.

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]]> http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/xensource-selects-citrix-over-ipo/feed/ 0 3PAR Warms Up the IPO Bullpen http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/3par-warms-up-the-ipo-bullpen/ http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/3par-warms-up-the-ipo-bullpen/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:26:30 +0000 Stephen http://blog.fosketts.net/2007/08/15/3par-warms-up-the-ipo-bullpen/ Wonder no more – 3PAR will hit the street sometime at some price to raise some money so they can do something. That’s right, their vague initial S-1 was announced yesterday. About the only thing we do know about 3PAR’s IPO is that it’s being handled jointly by Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Good luck, guys!

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