PC Pro blog » Diane Greene http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs Blogging in the real world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:54:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Grass is Greener at VMWare http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/07/08/grass-is-greener-at-vmware/ http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2008/07/08/grass-is-greener-at-vmware/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:54:43 +0000 Steve Cassidy http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=2319 Looks like VMWare has lost it’s den mother: CEO Diane Greene has been replaced by Paul Maritz. Having seen Ms. Greene in action on two occasions, I will be fascinated to see how Maritz copes with that role – VMWare’s somewhat scattered product portfolio and happy go lucky acquisition model always seemed to represent a collection of cats resolutely refusing to make up a herd. Seems like the shareholders – companies not famous for their touchy-feely, den-motherish management style, like Cisco and EMC – reacted with that classic American short-term peevishness when revenues dropped, and Someone Had To Go.

The question in my mind is; was VMWare surfing a wave during the pre-recession years, or actually driving it? Will the uber-boffins who delivered the goods, keep doing so without their Den Mother?

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