VMware is the world's leading provider of virtualisation solutions for x86-based servers and desktops. Through a pioneering approach to virtualisation, VMware technology works to separate the software from the underlying hardware. This allows a single computer to run multiple operating systems and applications, delivering significant improvenents in efficiency, availability, flexibility and manageability.

Founded in 1998, VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California. VMware's customer base consists of more than 20,000 organisations of all sizes, including 100% of Fortune 100 companies. VMware delivers technology designed to substantially lower IT costs, provide more flexibility in choosing operating systems, and offer a more automated and resilient systems infrastructuer capable of responding to variable business demands.

In Australia, VMware has offices in most major capital cities.