10 Awesome Financial Events of the Last Decade

2010 marks the end of yet another decade that witnessed the most diversified economic upheavals. While it began with the dreaded Y2K fear and the busted dot com bubble, there were stock market highs and lows, 9/11twin tower attack, Iraq war, and the economical slump and recession that painted the canvas of ugly memories.

…EMC acquires VMware (2003)

Storage specialist EMC acquired Vmware for about $635 million. The world leader in information storage and management acquired the software company VMware that helped EMC reach further into the world of utility computing. As for EMC, the company achieved a significant market authority that it would never have commanded otherwise solely. Together they have taken the IT industry to great levels with server virtualization thus paving way for development of new applications and technologies. With the recent trio with Cisco, the three plan to accelerate Pervasive Data Center Virtualization and Private Cloud Infrastructures….

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10 Awesome Financial Events of the Last Decade

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