VMware

VMware is an American publicly traded software company, is listed on the NYSE under the ticker symbol VMW. Dell Technologies is the majority shareholder.. VMware has a market capitalization of $37.8 billion as of May 2017. According to Forbes data, the company has about $7.09 billion in revenue.

VMware is famous for its cloud and virtualization but today it is becoming a big player in Big Data. Big Data Virtualization enables simpler management of Big Data infrastructure, delivers fast results and is very cost effective. The advantages of VMware Big Data are simplicity, flexibility, cost-effectiveness, agility and security.

It has a VMware vSphere Big Data Extension product that allows us to deploy, manage and control Hadoop deployments. It supports Hadoop distributions including Apache, Hortonworks, MapR, and more. With the help of this extension, resources can be used efficiently on new and existing hardware.

Information:
Founded: 1998
Revenue: USD 8.97 billion
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California, United States
Website: https://www.vmware.com/
Number of employees: 24,200