Essay About Vmware Competitors        Exhibit And Vmware        Iv

Case Study on Vmware
Case Study on Vmware
[pic 1][pic 2][pic 3][pic 4][pic 5][pic 6]ContentsI.        Executive Summary        II.        Description of Business        III.        Business Environmental and Firm’s Issues        1.        External Environment        2.        Specific Issues for VMware        IV.        Competitor and Industry Analysis        1.        VMware’s Competitors        2.        Specialty niche Competitor        3.        Industry Analysis Framework        V.        VMware SWOT/TOWS Analysis        VI.        Resources, Capabilities and Core Competencies        1.        VMware’s Value Proposition        2.        Value Chain        3.        VMware’s Resources        4.        VMware’s Capabilities and Core Competencies        VII.        Options Analysis        VIII.        Recommendations        IX.        Conclusion        X.        References        Table of FiguresExhibit 1 VMware, Inc.: Stock Price Trend, August 2007- July 2008(2008)        Exhibit 2 VMware Competitors        Exhibit 3 Hypervisor Deployed in X86 servers(Jewell 2007)        Exhibit 4 Strategic Position Map of the Virtualization Market        Exhibit 5 Porters Framework on the Virtualization Industry        Exhibit 6 The Industry Attractiveness        Exhibit 7 Virtualization Industry Life Cycle        Exhibit 8 VMware TOWS Analysis        Exhibit 9 Value Proposition-VMware        Exhibit 10 Value Chain Analysis        Exhibit 11 VIRO Framework for VMware        Exhibit 12VMwares Capabilities        Exhibit 13 Strategic Options for VMware        Executive SummaryVMware, Inc. has established itself as a dominative player in the growing virtualization market. However, the firm’s flagship products which provides a virtual platform to guest operating system, confronts fierce competition from players such as Microsoft, Citrix and Oracle. Even though VMware accounts for more than half of the total market, its market share has been declining over last few years. Having been enjoying a high profitability long time for its top-notch virtualization platform, VMware is also facing some issues despite rivals have started to catch up in terms of performance and features.