VTGURU VMware History of Virtualization Products

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VMware Company & Product History
Year of 2010
VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus

PRODUCT VERSION RELEASE DATE

VMware ESX 4.1 4.1 2010/07/13
VMware ESX 4 Update 2 4.0 Update 2 2010/06/10
VMware ESX 4 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware ESX 4 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware ESXi 4.1 Installable 4.1 2010/07/13
VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 2 4.0 Update 2 2010/06/10
VMware ESXi 4.0 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware ESXi 4.0 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware vCenter Server 4.1 and modules 4.1 2010/07/13
VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 2 4.0 Update 2 2010/06/10
VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 1 Patch 1 4.0 Update 1 Patch 1 2010/02/25
VMware vCenter Update Manager 4 Update 1 Patch 2 4.0 Update 1 Patch 2 2010/08/09
VMware vCenter Server 4 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 Update 2 1.5 Update 2 2010/03/11
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 Update 1 1.5 Update 1 2009/05/21
VMware Data Recovery 1.2 1.2 2010/06/10
VMware Data Recovery 1.1 1.1 2009/11/19
VMware Data Recovery 1.0.2 1.0.2 2009/09/09
VMware vShield Zones 4.1 4.1 2010/08/30
VMware vShield Zones 1.0 Update 1 1.0 Update 1 2009/12/21
VMware vShield Zones 1.0 1.0 2009/05/21
Cisco Nexus 1000 Virtual Ethernet Module 1.0 2010/07/13
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module 1.0 2009/05/21

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Year of 2009
PRODUCT VERSION RELEASE DATE
VMware ESX 4 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware ESX 4 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware ESXi 4 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware ESXi Installable 4 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware vCenter Server 4 Update 1 4.0 Update 1 2009/11/19
VMware vCenter Server 4 4.0.0 2009/05/21
VMware Consolidated Backup 1.5 U1 for ESX 4 1.5 U1 2009/05/21
VMware Data Recovery 1.1 1.1 2009/11/19
VMware Data Recovery 1.0.2 1.0.2 2009/09/09
VMware vShield Zones 1.0 1.0 2009/05/21
Cisco Nexus 1000V Virtual Ethernet Module 1.0 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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