Virtualization firm VMware, which develops software to run multiple operating systems and applications on one computer simultaneously, went public last Monday (August 14 ^th ) at $29 per share, but opened Tuesday at $52 before closing Friday at $55.55, a near 100% surge. VMware的虚拟化公司，开发软件运行多个操作系统和应用程序在一台计算机上同时进行，到市民上周一（ 8月14 ^日 ）在29元每股，但开放周二在52美元结束前周五在55.55美元，接近100 ％上升。 The initial public offer was one the most anticipated of the tech sector since Google in 2004. 初次公开招股是其中最令人期待的科技股，因为Google在2004年。 In its first day of trading, VMware gain of $957 million was the largest for a technology IPO this year since Google raised $1.2 billion in 2004. VMware, which allows running multiple operating systems and applications on one computer or server simultaneously, is the market leader in the breakthrough virtualization software market. 在其首个交易日里， VMware的增益九万五千七点零零零万美元是最大的一个技术，今年首次公开招股，因为Google所提出的12亿美元，在2004年的VMware ，它允许运行多个操作系统和应用程序在一台电脑或伺服器同时，是市场的领导者在突破性的虚拟化软件市场。 The technology eliminates the need for extra hardware and lowers energy costs. 技术不再需要额外的硬件和降低能源成本。

VMware is the world’s leading provider of virtualization solutions for x86-based servers and desktops. VMware公司是世界上的领先供应商的虚拟化解决方案为基于x86的伺服器与桌上型电脑。 Through a pioneering approach to virtualization, VMware technology works to separate the software from the underlying hardware. 通过开拓的方式虚拟化， VMware的技术工程，以单独的软件，从底层的硬件。 This allows a single computer to run multiple operating systems and applications, delivering significant improvements in efficiency, availability, flexibility and manageability. Founded in 1998, VMware is headquartered in 这使得在一台计算机上运行多个操作系统和应用程序，提供显着的改善效率，可用性，灵活性和可管理性。创建于1998年， VMware公司是总部设在

Palo Alto帕洛阿尔托 , ， California加州 , with offices around the w orld. ，办事处遍布在W orld 。 VMware’s customer base consists of more than 20,000 organizations of all sizes, including 100% of Fortune 100 companies. VMware的客户群构成的多20000各种规模的组织，包括100 ％的Fortune 100公司。 VMware delivers technology designed to substantially lower IT costs, provide more flexibility in choosing operating systems, and offer a more automated and resilient systems infrastructure capable of responding to variable business demands. VMware公司提供技术，旨在大幅度降低IT成本，提供更大的灵活性，在选择的作业系统，提供更自动化和弹性系统基础设施能够回应可变的业务需求。 [ VMware ] [ VMware公司 ]

The firm sold 33 million shares, which represents only 10% of the available stock. 该公司出售33000000股，只占10 ％的现有库存。 The rest remains held mostly by parent company , an information-storage business, which bought VMware in 2004 for $625 million. 其余仍持有大多由公司的母公司，信息存储业务，收购VMware公司在2004年为6亿2,500万元。 Based on Friday’s market performance, the company was valued at a little more than $20 billion. 的基础上周五的市场表现，该公司价值略多于200亿美元。