• 今天才知道,Quest Software已经于1月21日成功收购Vizioncore.火热虚拟化市场真是瞬息万变啊。以下是两家公司简介(懒得翻译了):

    About Vizioncore Inc.
    Vizioncore Inc. helps organizations safeguard and optimize their virtualized environments, and allows them to extract the maximum return on their investments in a virtualized platform. Today, nearly 7,000 customers globally use Vizioncore’s products. Vizioncore’s software provides many benefits to users of Windows® and Linux environments, by supporting essential strategies for 24x7x365 availability of applications, including backup/restore, business continuity and disaster recovery. Vizioncore products also allow for in-depth monitoring of virtual machines to ensure that maximum performance is achieved, as well as optimization by reducing VMs to their smallest size. Additionally, the company’s solutions support Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) and Virtual-to-Virtual (V2V) conversions, extending virtualization backup strategies to all servers in the data center, both physical and virtual. More than 1,100 partners worldwide, including leaders in the virtualization industry, include Vizioncore products in their offerings to their customers. Vizioncore’s award winning solutions include vRanger Pro, vReplicator, vCharter, vConverter, vOptimizer, vMigrator and vPackager.

    About Quest Software, Inc.
    Quest Software, Inc. delivers innovative products that help organizations get more performance and productivity from their applications, databases and Windows infrastructure. Through a deep expertise in IT operations and a continued focus on what works best, Quest helps more than 50,000 customers worldwide meet higher expectations for enterprise IT. Quest’s Windows Management solutions simplify, automate and secure Active Directory, Exchange and Windows, as well as integrate Unix, Linux and Java into the managed environment.
  • 根据CNN Fortune报道:
    由于VMWare(VMW)第四财季收入报告未能达到市场预期,因而股价瞬间缩水26%(83.00 -> 60.99).
    尽管第四财季销售收入比去年同期增长80%达到历史最高的$412M,而且整个财年营收达到$1.33Billion,但是因为该季度营收仍然低于市场预期($417M),最终导致股票持有者开始抛售,股价大跌$22至$60.99。
    lonelywhisper按:
    1.VMWare股价最高时曾达到$125/股(IPO两个月后,Nov 6)。
    2.美国时间1月28日的收盘价是83.00,但在延长交易期(extended trade),股价狂跌至60.99.
    3.VMWare上市半年走势图如下: