http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:00:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-804716 GigaOM Interview: Dr. Mendel Roseblum, Chief Scientist, VMWare - GigaOM Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:25:04 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-804716 <p>[...] and Dr. Edward Wang — came up with the idea that led to VMWare (VMW). The company went public in August, and its multibillion-dollar valuation triggered off a virtualization [...]</p> [...] and Dr. Edward Wang — came up with the idea that led to VMWare (VMW). The company went public in August, and its multibillion-dollar valuation triggered off a virtualization [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-585667 5 Tips To Spot A Hot (or Not) IPO « GigaOM Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:56:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-585667 <p>[...] tech IPOs. Since August - a seasonally sluggish month compounded this year with market turmoil - VMWare (VMW), MercadoLibre (MELI) and athenahealth (ATHN) went out with ecstatic receptions. The pipeline could [...]</p> [...] tech IPOs. Since August – a seasonally sluggish month compounded this year with market turmoil – VMWare (VMW), MercadoLibre (MELI) and athenahealth (ATHN) went out with ecstatic receptions. The pipeline could [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-539039 Energy Efficiency: What’s Working? « Earth2Tech Mon, 10 Sep 2007 16:48:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-539039 <p>[...] Investors have been able to find lucrative returns in certain sectors of energy efficiency lately. Demand response provider EnerNOC (ENOC) went public in May, while shares of competitor Comverge (COMV) started trading in April. Companies that can help corporations save money on data center energy usage are also hot, as evidenced by the incredibly successful IPO of VMWare. [...]</p> [...] Investors have been able to find lucrative returns in certain sectors of energy efficiency lately. Demand response provider EnerNOC (ENOC) went public in May, while shares of competitor Comverge (COMV) started trading in April. Companies that can help corporations save money on data center energy usage are also hot, as evidenced by the incredibly successful IPO of VMWare. [...]

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-502869 Court Kizer Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:08:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-502869 <p>Initial price was $23, not $24 as you stated. Thanks.</p> Initial price was $23, not $24 as you stated. Thanks.

]]> http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-486753 Constable Odo Tue, 28 Aug 2007 14:30:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/vmware-stock/#comment-486753 <p>What difference does it make whether the stock is actually worth what investors are paying for it. If you got in a day after the IPO and invested some money and sold it a week or two later, you're still going to have made some decent money. You get in, then get out. That's all that really matters. If the stock price collapses in a month or two, that's the breaks. It won't be the first time a stock has been overvalued. It has nothing to do with actual worth, only greed. Many investors are willing to take the risk as long as a stock is steadily climbing. One or two bad days of a VMWare stock price drop will have the rats leaving the sinking ship.</p> What difference does it make whether the stock is actually worth what investors are paying for it. If you got in a day after the IPO and invested some money and sold it a week or two later, you’re still going to have made some decent money. You get in, then get out. That’s all that really matters. If the stock price collapses in a month or two, that’s the breaks. It won’t be the first time a stock has been overvalued. It has nothing to do with actual worth, only greed. Many investors are willing to take the risk as long as a stock is steadily climbing. One or two bad days of a VMWare stock price drop will have the rats leaving the sinking ship.

]]>