International Business News - VMW http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, Oct. 22, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--Shares of Apple Inc. climbed Wednesday even as the broader market turned sour, after the company posted a 26 percent increase in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/movers-roundup-apple-coventry-health-care.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:16:19 EDT Shares of VMware Inc. jumped Wednesday after the virtualization software company posted third-quarter earnings above Wall Street's expectations. Virtualization technology helps corporate data centers save money on power and equipment by enabling a single computer to function like multiple machines. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/vmware-up-after-3q-profit-beats-expectations.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:52:07 EDT THE QUARTER: EMC Corp.'s sales rose 13 percent, but profit dropped 17 percent in the July-September period. That still topped Wall Street's forecast. The year-ago quarter was inflated by a big one-time gain from EMC's sale of shares in VMware Inc. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/summary-emc-3q-profit-drops-but-beats-forecast.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:45:40 EDT Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Oct. 22, from AP Financial News: SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--Data storage company EMC Corp. said Wednesday its profit dropped 17 percent in the third quarter, a decline caused by a big one-time gain from the sale of VMware Inc. shares in the year-ago period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/earnings-roundup-emc-sei-investments.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:34:46 EDT Among the earnings stories for Wednesday, Oct. 22, from AP Financial News: Top stories: http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/earnings-roundup-boeing-wachovia.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:59:56 EDT Data storage company EMC Corp. said Wednesday its profit dropped 17 percent in the third quarter, a decline caused by a big one-time gain from the sale of VMware Inc. shares in the year-ago period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/emc-3q-profit-drops-but-beats-forecast.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:28:56 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, Oct. 21, from AP Financial News: NEW YORK (AP)--E-Trade Financial Corp. Chief Executive Donald Layton said Tuesday he hopes to take advantage of the government's bailout plan as the online brokerage recorded its fourth consecutive quarterly loss. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/earnings-roundup-e-trade-financial-vmware.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 19:03:45 EDT Virtualization software company VMware Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose to beat analyst estimates, helped by growth in license and services revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/vmware-3q-profit-climbs-on-higher-revenue.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:50:02 EDT A Thomas Weisel analyst downgraded the infrastructure software sector to "Neutral" from "Favorable," saying checks show the economic slowdown is starting to impact the sector. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081003/ahead-of-the-bell-software-sector-downgraded.htm Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:18:55 EDT Business spending on information technology is starting to look shaky, an RBC Capital Markets Corp. analyst wrote Thursday as he slashed estimates for next year's earnings at more than a dozen IT vendors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/ahead-of-the-bell-rbc-mows-down-it-ratings.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 09:11:14 EDT Software company VMware Inc. said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development, Richard Sarwal, has resigned. Sarwal is returning to Oracle Corp., which he left in December to join VMware. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080902/vmware-evp-of-r-d-goes-back-to-oracle.htm Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:22:50 EDT Business software maker VMware Inc. said Monday it has named David Sung, an ex-IBM executive, as president of its greater China region. Sung is responsible for strategic planning, business operations and management of key functions, including sales and marketing, for the Greater China region, which covers mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080825/vmware-names-david-sung-to-china-post.htm Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:52:42 EDT VMware Inc.'s shares slid more than 4 percent Wednesday as some investors locked in profits from a sharp rise in the stock earlier this month. The business software maker's shares closed down $1.79, or 4.5 percent, to $38.02. That contrasted with a rise of 0.2 percent in the technology-laden Nasdaq composite index. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080820/vmware-shares-sink-as-investors-lock-in-profits.htm Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:10:35 EDT Cisco Systems Inc. on Tuesday reports financial results for its fiscal fourth quarter, which ended July 25. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080804/earnings-preview-cisco-to-report-4th-qtr-results.htm Mon, 04 Aug 2008 13:09:25 EDT Shares of Citrix Systems Inc., which makes software and machinery that helps companies remotely manage their applications, have fallen more than 6 percent over the past two days on lingering fears about the company's vulnerability to economic turbulence. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080725/citrix-systems-shares-tumble-on-outlook-fears.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:02:43 EDT Among the stock activity stories for Wednesday, July 23, from AP Financial News: SAN FRANCISCO (AP)--VMware Inc.'s shares tumbled to a low Wednesday as investors punished the business software maker following a disappointing sales forecast, and a Citi analyst downgraded the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/movers-roundup-vmware-general-motors.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:17:18 EDT VMware Inc.'s shares tumbled to a low Wednesday as investors punished the business software maker following a disappointing sales forecast, and a Citi analyst downgraded the company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/vmware-shares-skid-to-new-low-on-3q-sales-forecast.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:52:12 EDT EMC Corp. said Wednesday its second-quarter profit climbed 13 percent, topping Wall Street's forecasts, as the data storage specialist rang up record sales despite fears that economic uncertainty is tamping down information technology spending. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/emc-2q-profit-jumps-13-pct-tops-wall-street-view.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:10:40 EDT Among the earnings stories for Tuesday, July 22, from AP Financial News: PHILADELPHIA (AP)--Arbitron Inc., a research firm that measures radio audiences, on Tuesday fell well short of expectations with an 84 percent drop in net income in its second quarter, when the expense of going electronic overtook a modest increase in revenue. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/earnings-roundup-arbitron-norfolk-southern.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:55:36 EDT Business software maker VMware Inc. said Tuesday its second-quarter profit and revenue grew, helped by growing international sales, but the company's revenue forecast for the current quarter fell shy of expectations. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/vmware-2q-profit-jumps-53-percent.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:44:44 EDT