VMware R&D chief goes home again
Back to Oracle after 9 months
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After only nine months on the job, VMware's head of research and development is packing his bags and returning to Oracle.
Richard Sarwal resigned his post effective immediately in order to resume his life at Oracle, where he spent almost two decades. Sarwal was plucked from the database outfit by VMWare's former-CEO, Diane Greene, in December 2007.
VMware's current CEO Paul Martiz said in a short statement today, "I expect to announce organization changes to replace Richard in due course."
In the meantime, VMware's CTO Stephen Herrod will assume day-to-day responsibilities for the R&D group.
An Oracle rep was not immediately available to say which spot Sarwal is taking at the company. Previously to joining VMware, he was senior veep of systems management for the company. Sarwal first joined Oracle in 1989. ®
COMMENTS
So the stock options didn't work out, eh?
That's what happens when the stock price drops and stock option backdating is no longer permitted by the SEC.
Mine's the striped NYSE trading floor vest.
Microsoft
Let's face it guys. No matter the technical excellence of newcomers to the IT field, they've still got to deal with MS. I know all the anti-MS arguments - and in lots of cases I agree with them, but being a successful company and being able to provide support, updates, technical info, partner/channel support, etc... for the long run isn't easy. It takes a stable 'MegaCorp' to pull off professional business activities and so far OSS and the quick acquisitions can't seem to do it.
Best of luck to them though.
Brain drain on overdrive
The VMware brain drain/mass exodus continues while Microsoft, Citrix, Xen, Red Hat, Oracle are closing the gap quickly. Sell folks. Sell.
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