Comments on: VMware Acquires Thinstall to Take Virtualization to the Desktop http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Desktop Virtualization: Where Thin Clients Meet the Cloud - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191045 Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:31:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191045 [...] computers, thin clients and even cell phones. Desktop virtualization competitors MokaFive, Citrix, VMware, Microsoft, Desktone and Pano Logic are trying to grow the market as [...]

]]> By: VMware Buys B-hive for Performance Scans - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191044 Wed, 28 May 2008 14:44:14 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191044 [...] so I don’t know what will happen to Xen support after the deal closes. VMware has been an active buyer of virtualization startups in the last year. While it holds a huge lead over other competitors, it’s good to see it [...]

]]> By: SUN to certify more of its servers for Ubuntu http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191043 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:38:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191043 [...] recently acquired MySQL and Innotek (makers of VirtualBox, the open source VMware) SUN is clearly reading the tea leaves and can see [...]

]]> By: Sun Buys VirtualBox Virtualization Software - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191041 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191041 [...] spent $1 billion buying open source database guru MySQL) and virtualization (think VMWare’s buy of Thinstall in January), are plenty good, especially given that Citrix paid $500 million for open [...]

]]> By: Sun Buys VirtualBox Virtualization Software - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191042 Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:45:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191042 [...] spent $1 billion buying open source database guru MySQL) and virtualization (think VMWare’s buy of Thinstall in January), are plenty good, especially given that Citrix paid $500 million for open [...]

]]> By: VMWare Picks Up Desktop Virtualization Startup Thinstall | Virtualization.com http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191040 Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:25:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191040 [...] may well be considered non-sexy in some parts , VMWare’s announcement that it is set to acquire Thinstall , a San Francisco-based desktop [...]

]]> By: Pano Logic Takes $12M - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191039 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:41:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191039 [...] and other client-server “solutions” such as application streaming. When VMware purchased Thinstall earlier this month it gave the entire desktop virtualization category some cachet. [...]

]]> By: Ames Tiedeman http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191038 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:11:39 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191038 The market cap of VMW is now 30 billion. EMC is 34 billion. It is amazing that the market did not value EMC at closer to 60 billion before VMW was separated from EMC. It just goes to show how much the street likes faster growers. VMW growth has been robust. EMC has been a bit slow of late.

]]> By: Carolyn Pritchard http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191037 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:58:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191037 Colin, thanks for pointing out that typo — fixed now.

best, Carolyn

]]> By: Colin Browning http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191036 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:32:33 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191036 Just to clarify: VMWare acquired Propero Limited, a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure company, not Prospero, a leading white-label, hosted social media application provider.

]]> By: VentureBeat » VMWare, riding virtualization wave, buys Thinstall http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191035 Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:27:10 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2008/01/15/vmware-acquires-thinstall-to-take-virtualization-to-the-desktop/#comment-191035 [...] Higginbotham has more, listing Endeavors Technologies Kidaro, and InstallFree as Thinstall competitors. Tagged [...]

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