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VMware to Buy Opsware?

VMware Reportedly Wants IPO Money for Acquisitions
By Virtualization News
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May 21, 2007 09:30 PM EDT
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It's whispered that EMC subsidiary VMware will be spending its post-IPO money on acquisitions and that it has Opsware in its sights because Opsware, whose market cap is around $814 million, would give it a virtualization management suite. Opsware of course was started by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen.

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Virtualization News 05/18/07 05:23:31 PM EDT

It's whispered that EMC subsidiary VMware will be spending its post-IPO money on acquisitions and that it has Opsware in its sights because Opsware, whose market cap is around $814 million, would give it a virtualization management suite. Opsware of course was started by Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen.