VMware, Inc. provides the development and application of virtualization technologies with x86 server-based computing, separating application software from the underlying hardware. Its virtualization infrastructure solutions, which include a suite of products designed to deliver a software-defined data center, run on industry-standard desktop computers and servers and support a wide range of operating system and application environments, as well as networking and storage infrastructures. The company develops and markets its products and service offerings within three main product groups: software-defined data center, end-user computing and hybrid cloud computing. VMware was founded by Diane Greene, Mendel Rosenblum, Scott Devine, Edward Wang and Edouard Bugnion in 1998 and is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA.