Confirmed: Paul Maritz steps down as CEO of VMware

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It’s official. Paul Maritz has resigned as CEO of VMware, the giant virtualization company that he’s run for the past four years. He’ll be replaced by Pat Gelsinger, president and chief operating officer of EMC Infrastructure Products. Maritz will become a technology strategist for EMC, which owns 80 percent of VMware. A former Microsoft executive and… Read More…

Paul Maritz reportedly out at VMware, sparking wave of speculation on what’s next

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Whoa, it has been quite a day for changes in the executive offices. First, Marissa Mayer takes over the helm of Yahoo. And now reports are circulating that Paul Maritz, the CEO of VMware, is stepping down. There’s no official word on VMware’s Web site, and the company isn’t commenting. The news was first reported… Read More…

Maritz sees Windows PCs below 20% in era of cloud, devices

Paul Maritz

Paul Maritz is now the CEO of VMware, but he was previously the longtime chief of Microsoft’s platforms group — overseeing products including Windows and generally considered third in command at the company in the 1990s, behind Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer. So it’s always interesting to hear what he says about Windows these days… Read More…

Q&A: VMWare CTO Steve Herrod on cloud competition and the future of apps

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Steve Herrod, chief technology officer for VMWare, made a swing through Seattle today, amid news that the company is planning a major expansion in its hometown of Palo Alto, Calif. No similar announcement here, but VMWare is on the hunt for talent in general and has a modest presence in the Seattle region already, through its own… Read More…