Virtualization giant extends its reach: A look at VMware acquisitions

VMware has taken great strides to expand beyond virtualization to develop a presence in all facets of the enterprise data center and to push its software-defined data center initiative. The vendor wants to sell itself as a provider of everything from cloud platforms to EUC device management and be the one -- and only -- vendor an IT director would ever need. But before we see any truly VMware-exclusive data centers, we'll likely see more acquisitions and mergers, and it'll be interesting to see how the rest of the industry reacts.