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VMware is a Palo Alto based company that provides virtualisation technologies, Cloud based infrastructure solutions and services, coupled with management tools that allow single console management of hybrid Cloud deployments. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation. VMware has been the market leader in x86 based server virtualisation since 2001, when it introduced what is now known as VMware vSphere. In addition to the core server virtualisation product line VMware has desktop virtualisation products, thin client solutions, enterprise mobility solutions (via the acquisition of Airwatch), and Cloud based solutions.