VTGURU VMware History of Virtualization Products

---------------------------------------------------VMware Company & Product History Year of 2010

VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus
PRODUCT VERSION RELEASE DATE

VMware ESX 4.1 VMware ESX 4 Update 2 VMware ESX 4 Update 1 VMware ESX 4 VMware ESXi 4.1 Installable VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 2 VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 VMware ESXi 4.0 VMware vCenter Server 4.1 and modules VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 2 VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 1 VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 1 Patch 1 VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 1 Patch 2 VMware vCenter Server 4 VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 Update 2 VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 Update 1 VMware Data Recovery 1.2 VMware Data Recovery 1.1 VMware Data Recovery 1.0.2 VMware vShield Zones 4.1 VMware vShield Zones 1.0 Update 1 VMware vShield Zones 1.0 Cisco Nexus 1000 Virtual Ethernet Module Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module

4.1 4.0 Update 2 4.0 Update 1 4.0.0 4.1 4.0 Update 2 4.0 Update 1 4.0.0 4.1 4.0 Update 2 4.0 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 Patch 1 4.0 Update 1 Patch 2 4.0.0 1.5 Update 2 1.5 Update 1 1.2 1.1 1.0.2 4.1 1.0 Update 1 1.0 1.0 1.0

2010/07/13 2010/06/10 2009/11/19 2009/05/21 2010/07/13 2010/06/10 2009/11/19 2009/05/21 2010/07/13 2010/06/10 2009/11/19 2010/02/25 2010/08/09 2009/05/21 2010/03/11 2009/05/21 2010/06/10 2009/11/19 2009/09/09 2010/08/30 2009/12/21 2009/05/21 2010/07/13 2009/05/21

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---------------------------------------------------Year of 2009
PRODUCT VERSION RELEASE DATE

VMware ESX 4 Update 1 VMware ESX 4 VMware ESXi 4 Update 1 VMware ESXi Installable 4 VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 1 VMware vCenter Server 4 VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 U1 for ESX 4 VMware Data Recovery 1.1 VMware Data Recovery 1.0.2 VMware vShield Zones 1.0 Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module

4.0 Update 1 4.0.0 4.0 Update 1 4.0.0 4.0 Update 1 4.0.0 1.5 U1 1.1 1.0.2 1.0 1.0

2009/11/19 2009/05/21 2009/11/19 2009/05/21 2009/11/19 2009/05/21 2009/05/21 2009/11/19 2009/09/09 2009/05/21 2009/05/21

vSphere 4.0 (ESX-4.0 &vCenter-4.0) Released - May 21st Converter 4.0 Released

Year of 2008

5th VMworld conference (14,000 attendees) Fusion 2.0 released Server 2.0 released Workstation 6.5 released ESXi becomes available for free Paul Maritz takes over as CEO from Diane Greene

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---------------------------------------------------Year of 2007

4th VMworld conference (10,800 attendees) ESX 3i released - Dec. 20th Fusion 1.0 for Mac released Converter 3.0 released (formerly P2V Assistant) ESX 3.5 & Virtual Center 2.5 released - Dec, 10th Workstation 6.0 released

Year of 2006

3rd VMworld conference (6,700 attendees) VI3 released with ESX 3.0 & Virtual Center 2.0 - Jun. 15th Server 1.0 released (replaced GSX Server)

Year of 2005

2nd VMworld conference (3,500 attendees) Player 1.0 released P2V Assistant 2.0 released Workstation 5.0 & 5.5 released

Year of 2004

1st VMworld conference in San Diego, CA (1,400 attendees) ESX 2.5 released GSX Server 3.0 released VMTN technical communities launched - Oct. 27th EMC Acquires VMware

Year of 2003

VMware Virtual Center 1.0 with VMotion Released - Nov. 10th

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---------------------------------------------------Year OF 2001

ESX 1.0 (Elastic Sky X) & GSX 1.0 (Ground Storm X) released Workstation 3.0 released

Year OF 2000

Workstation 2.0 released

Year OF 1999

Workstation 1.0 released for Windows & Linux

Year OF 1998

VMware founded by Diane Greene, Dr. Mendel Rosenblum and Ed Bugnion

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