VMware Acquisitions: Eleven Since 2011

VMware itself was acquired by EMC in 2004. But since 2011 VMware has been on an acquisition tear; the latest of which is Nicira, a provider of tools for creating software-defined networks (SDN).

That appetite for acquisition shows no signs of abating. But turning them all into strategic business assets might require a little work

• Nicira

  

  Spends $1.26 billion in cash to muscle in on emerging software-defined networking (SDN) market.

• DynamicOps

  

  Extends reach into management of private clouds running on top of virtual machines

• Wanova

  

  Doubles down on desktop virtualization by betting on Type 1 hypervisors

• Tech Health Check

  

  Provides foundation for new consulting division

• Ceta

  

  Startup working on analytics application for Big Data

• Digital Fuel

  

  Service provides financial applications for IT organizations

• Socialcast

  

  Social networking software for the enterprise

• Shavlik Technologies

  

  Provider of IT security delivered as a service

• Mozy

  

  Provider of data protection software delivered as a service

• SlideRocket

  

  Presentation software made available as a service

• NeoAccel

  

  Developer of network security gateways