Comments on: 5 Lessons from CEO Diane Greene’s long, slow slog with VMWare

By: Ron Conway: More Reasons To Go All Angel - GigaOM

Ron Conway: More Reasons To Go All Angel - GigaOM — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:00:47 +0000

[...] But you could go see Owen Van Natta, who just left Facebook. You’re in cloud computing? Go get Diane Greene, the former CEO of VMWare. They’d both make great angels. 3) Angels have one-degree of [...]

By: Virtualize This: VMware CEO Out, Stock Tanks, Big Revenue Miss - GigaOM

Virtualize This: VMware CEO Out, Stock Tanks, Big Revenue Miss - GigaOM — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:09:07 +0000

[...] I couldn’t help but notice the fact that Joe Tucci, chairman of VMware’s board and CEO of EMC, was all over the press release announcing Greene’s departure, with not so much as a word from her, Mendel or any of the VMware co-founders. Of course, the fact that Diana’s replacement, Maritz, works for EMC only adds to the mystery. By way of background, Maritz retired from Microsoft in 2000 and in 2003 started Pi Corp., a software startup focused on building cloud-based solutions for new ways of doing personal information management. Pi Corp. was acquired by EMC last February, and Maritz became president of EMC’s cloud division. Greene and her four co-founders launched VMware back in 1998. The road leading up to the company’s blockbuster IPO and subsequent stock market darling status was a long one. [...]

By: The F|R Interview: VMware Co-Founder Mendel Rosenblum - GigaOM

The F|R Interview: VMware Co-Founder Mendel Rosenblum - GigaOM — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:17 +0000

[...] four business partners, including his spouse, Diane Greene, who remains the company’s CEO. It wasn’t easy going. Back then, VCs had a hard time wrapping their minds around the business opportunity in Dr. [...]

By: Om’s Q&A with VMWare cofounder, Rosenblum « FoundRead

Om’s Q&A with VMWare cofounder, Rosenblum « FoundRead — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:35:15 +0000

[...] Mendel Rosenblum, also the virtualization software company’s chief scientist. Diane Greene, whom we wrote about earlier, is VMWare’s current CEO, and the person largely responsible for driving the 9-year-old [...]

By: GigaNET Headlines: Lessons From VMWare’s Greene, IM Power « GigaOM

GigaNET Headlines: Lessons From VMWare’s Greene, IM Power « GigaOM — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:11:32 +0000

[...] by Carolyn Pritchard Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 5:47 PM PT | 1 comment Found/Read: 5 Lessons from CEO Diane Greene’s long, slow slog with [...]