VMware - Statistics & Facts

VMware’s offerings

VMware‘s virtualization solutions, most notably the hypervisors, allow customers to run applications in their own operating systems on the same physical server and enable more efficient use of computer hardware. VMware‘s virtualization technology is being widely adopted in the cloud computing space: cloud providers like Amazon, Microsoft, and IBM all have partnerships with VMware, allowing their customers to run VMware workloads natively on their cloud. VMware’s virtualization tools are now a crucial part of many companies IT infrastructure.

VMware’s businesses segments

VMware’s businesses are divided into three major segments: Licenses, Subscription and SaaS, and Services. The Services segment brings in the most revenue, amounting to over six billion U.S. dollars in the company’s 2021 fiscal year. VMware’s more traditional software licensing businesses are slowly giving way to cloud-based product offerings, with its Licenses segment recording a revenue decrease in the latest fiscal year, whereas the Subscription and SaaS segment has been rapidly growing. Over the years, the company’s total revenue has slowly increased, peaking at 11.8 billion U.S. dollars in the fiscal year 2021.

Market competitors

VMware’s vSphere is the market-leading virtualization technology, with a share of over 12 percent. Microsoft’s Hyper-V, with a share of almost 11 percent, is VMware’s biggest competitor. Another VMware offering, the ESX Server, is also a popular product, falling just behind Hyper-V. VMware is also the market leader in the cloud systems management market with a share of around 20 percent, ahead of competitors such as Microsoft and IBM.

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