Source: financialbuzz (original announcement dated August 28, 2020)
VMware CEO to Keynote Citi Global Technology Virtual Conference
VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced that Pat Gelsinger, then Chief Executive Officer of VMware, was scheduled to present as a keynote speaker at the Citi Global Technology Virtual Conference on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, at 9:35 a.m. PT / 12:35 p.m. ET.
Investor conferences such as this one give enterprise technology vendors a platform to communicate corporate strategy, product roadmap highlights, and competitive positioning directly to institutional investors and financial analysts.
About VMware
VMware is an enterprise software company whose products underpin a significant portion of the world’s digital infrastructure. Its core portfolio spans:
- Cloud infrastructure – multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud management platforms
- Application modernization – container and Kubernetes-based platforms (including Tanzu)
- Networking and security – software-defined networking and zero-trust security solutions
- Digital workspace – end-user computing and device management (Workspace ONE)
Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware has historically positioned itself as a vendor-neutral layer that allows enterprises to run workloads across on-premises data centers, public clouds, and edge environments.
Investor Relations and SEC Filings
VMware maintains an investor relations portal that aggregates key financial and corporate disclosures. Resources typically made available through such portals include:
- SEC filings (10-K annual reports, 10-Q quarterly reports, 8-K current reports)
- Webcasts and archives of quarterly earnings calls
- Announcements of upcoming investor conferences and executive speaking engagements
- Non-GAAP to GAAP financial reconciliations
- Press releases covering earnings, product launches, legal developments, and international news
- Corporate governance documentation
All materials on VMware’s investor relations site are made available free of charge to the public, consistent with SEC Regulation FD requirements for fair disclosure.
Context: VMware in 2020
At the time of this announcement, VMware was operating as a majority-owned subsidiary of Dell Technologies following Dell’s 2016 acquisition of EMC (VMware’s former parent). The company was actively expanding its multi-cloud strategy and had recently completed the acquisition of Carbon Black to strengthen its security portfolio. Pat Gelsinger led VMware from 2012 until late 2020, when he departed to become CEO of Intel.
Presentations at analyst and investor conferences during this period frequently addressed VMware’s positioning in the rapidly evolving multi-cloud market, its relationship with Dell Technologies, and its Kubernetes and application modernization strategy.