VMWare surge puts virtualization in the spotlight with IPO

The EMC spinout, whose name is often synonymous with the virtualization approach it has pioneered, has a monster first day of trading.
Originally from CNET News.com by Ina Fried.

VMWare’s stellar stock offering Tuesday shows that virtual machines are starting to add up to real dollars. Virtual machines, the technology that VMWare helped pioneer, allow one computer to act as many, whether it’s a Mac running Windows and the Mac operating system at the same time or a massive server running multiple instances of Windows and Linux simultaneously. Once a niche technology, virtualization is expanding rapidly as businesses try to get more bang for their server buck.

Bottom line: Investors are betting that virtualization technology is going to have a big impact and that VMWare will profit from its early lead in the field.

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