Virtualization Daily

EMC is reporting that revenue for VMWare is up 101% in 2006.

VMware grew revenue 101% in 2006 to $709 million. VMware spokesmen attributed the growth primarily to its Infrastructure 3 suite of virtualization software, which provides tools to manage multiple brands of virtual machines, as well as VMware’s ESX Server and Virtual Server products.

What I find interesting about this is how much VMWare can still grow. They’re not even a billion dollar company yet and compared to many companies that are, their potential is just astounding. EMC really needs to spin VMWare into a truly independent company. EMC’s stock is pretty flat and as attractive as VMWare is, it’s not enough to boost interest in that company overall. VMWare as a standalone stock would explode.