VMware sheds 900 jobs as it diversifies away from server virtualisation

John Leonard
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Cloud, software-defined datacentre, virtualised networks and open source on the agenda

VMware has bucked recent hiring trends in the tech sector by announcing 900 job losses, despite unveiling a three per cent rise in 2012 income to $746m (£475m), while revenue rose 22 per cent to $4...

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