At VMware, we launched the virtualization revolution in 1998 and took the company public in 2007, achieving a market cap of $19.1 billion on the first day.

I co-founded VMware in 1998, creating the virtualization industry, which allows multiple operating systems to run on a single computer or across computers.

At VMware, we created a tool that seamlessly migrated workloads from physical to virtual machines, which significantly boosted our sales.

We created the VMware Preferred Hardware Vendor program, which helped us gain traction in the market as other vendors signed up to meet our requirements.

IBM, which invented virtualization in the 1960s, had x86 servers that were struggling to sell due to a lack of demand for large workloads.

We self-funded VMware initially, allowing only immediate family to invest, and later sought angel investors who were technically sophisticated and understood our vision.

I co-founded VMware with my husband, who was a professor at Stanford, after realizing the value of his research and the need to take it to market.

Disruptive innovation can be achieved without requiring users to change their existing systems, as demonstrated by VMware's virtualization technology that increased server utilization without altering applications.

I was approached by someone who thanked me for VMware, highlighting the importance of bringing a product to market that people love.