Software Development Magazine Honors Global Market Leader in Virtualization
Software for Intel Computers
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- CMP's Software Development
magazine honored VMware, Inc. this week at the 11th Annual Jolt Product
Excellence and Productivity Awards. VMware took the top prize in the
"utilities and deployment tools" category for VMware Workstation. Software
Development presented the award on Wednesday, April 11th, at the Software
Development 2001 Conference & Expo in San Jose.
Shipping since May 1999, VMware Workstation allows users to run multiple
operating systems simultaneously on a single PC. Users can run all the
applications they need, regardless of operating system. VMware has been
honored by leading computer business and trade publications around the globe
including Computerworld, Infoworld, PC Magazine, PC Magazin (Germany), Linux
Magazine, Winmag.com, Windows Forest (Japan), and Australian Personal
Computer.
Latest Honor for Market Leader
"Two years ago, VMware brought to market a high-quality, first-of-its-kind
product that is highly valued by users in the developer and IT communities,
"said Diane Greene, founder, president and chief executive officer of VMware.
"It is extremely gratifying to see our efforts and achievement formally
recognized with the winning of the Jolt Award."
The first company to build and ship virtualization software for Intel
platforms from the ground up, VMware has over 600,000 registered users in over
100 countries. In addition to its Workstation products, VMware sells two
server products. VMware GSX Server offers enterprise IT customers a powerful
server consolidation and simplified management solution that fits easily into
their existing environments. VMware ESX Server is designed for
high-performance server environments for advanced workload management
capabilities and guaranteed quality of service (QoS).
The Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Awards are given to
products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the
difficult task of creating corporate software faster, easier and more
efficient. Jolt, "the most powerful cola," is the fabled soft drink used by
software programmers to get them through complex development projects.
About VMware
VMware software lets enterprise IT groups, service providers and technical
professionals build and manage fast-changing enterprise computing
infrastructures using Intel computers safely, reliably and cost effectively.
All VMware products are based on the company's patent pending MultipleWorlds
technology, which combines mainframe-class virtual machine technology with
virtual networking and advanced workload management capabilities. Founded in
1998, VMware has more than 500,000 registered users including 5,000 corporate
customers in 100 countries. VMware is a privately held company based in
Palo Alto, California. For more information, visit VMware's Web site at
http://www.vmware.com or call 877-4VMWARE (486-9273)
NOTE: VMware, the VMware boxes logo, MultipleWorlds, GSX Server, and ESX
Server are trademarks of VMware, Incorporated. Microsoft, Windows, and
Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Linux is a
registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other marks and names mentioned
herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
SOURCE VMware, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.vmware.com
CONTACT:
Giovanni Rodriguez of VMware, Inc.,
650-475-5322, or pr@vmware.com
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