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I'm a long time VMware employee who left several years ago, and I have to respectfully disagree. VMware thrived under EMC. Diane was able to keep VMware at a
by Patrick_Devine 10y ago
I'm a long time VMware employee who left several years ago, and I have to respectfully disagree.
VMware thrived under EMC.
Diane was able to keep VMware at a relatively safe distance away from the mother ship, all the while effectively using EMC's direct sales and channel partners to increase sales by something like two orders of magnitude. Plus she was able to convince Joe Tucci to do the spin-off IPO which unlocked a huge amount of value. Not all M&A's are the same.
- 2close4comfort 10y agoVMware had a very select agreement with EMC at that time. I am sure that Dell will respect that but the same was said of Compellent but it was effectively taken out of the storage race once the support model reverted to something more Dell like. There is a reason that EMC is under-represented at the board level.