Source:-investorplace.comVMware (NYSE:VMW) stock has begun to recover from a summer its investors would like to forget. The Palo Alto, California based virtual machines and data center leader started strong in the years before the financial crisis, but VMware stock has since stumbled. As its virtual machines became more commonplace, VMware steadily faded from the headlines. The stock began to gain some traction price-wise before it started a massive decline over the summer. Now, thanks to a new niche within the cloud,