For VMware, an Uncertain Future

For VMware, an Uncertain Future

n Las Vegas later this week at VMworld, a trade show that celebrates the red-hot technology known as virtualization and it most visible proponent, VMware (VMW), many will wonder what the future looks like for the company that single-handedly created a market for this technology.

Going into the show, the company that prompted many copycats and even more innovators to try their hand at virtualization faces a plethora of challenges, among them the threat of commoditization of its core product, increased competition, and fiscal uncertainty. But the most important question is also the hardest one to answer: Did EMC's (EMC) meddling kill the golden goose known as VMware?