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| March 25 2025 | Broadcom disclosed CVE-2025-22230, a vulnerability in VMWare Tools for Microsoft Windows that allows potential virtual machine escape through an authentication bypass, with a CVSSv3 score of 7.8. |
| 2025 | Current version of VMware Fusion supporting macOS 13-15. |
| January 20 2025 | Omnissa Horizon 8.14 2412 is released, marking the transition of the platform to Omnissa branding after VMware's acquisition. |
| November 2024 | VMware announced that commercial use of Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro would also be free. |
| November 2024 | Broadcom expanded the free software policy to include commercial and educational users, while simultaneously discontinuing official technical support and directing users to community resources. |
| May 2024 | Broadcom spun out the End-User Computing division, including Horizon, into a standalone entity called Omnissa, pending sale to KKR. |
| May 14 2024 | VMware Fusion 13.5.2 announced, with Workstation Pro and Fusion Pro now free for personal use. |
| May 13 2024 | VMware announced that Fusion Pro would become free for personal use, discontinuing the previous free edition and switching commercial use to an annual subscription model. |
| April 30 2024 | VMware Fusion is discontinued. |
| February 2024 | Private equity firm KKR agreed to acquire Broadcom's End-User Computing (EUC) Division for about $4 billion, which includes the VDI product Horizon and device management suite Workspace ONE. |
| January 21 2024 | Horizon Client CART 2312 launched, continuing the consistent update strategy. |
| December 13 2023 | VMware ended availability of perpetually licensed products like vSphere and Cloud Foundation, transitioning exclusively to subscription-based offerings. |
| November 2023 | Broadcom completed its acquisition of VMware. |
| November 22 2023 | Broadcom Inc. acquired VMware in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at US$69 billion, with the End-User Computing (EUC) division subsequently sold to KKR and rebranded to Omnissa. |
| October 26 2023 | VMware releases Horizon 8.11 2309, maintaining ongoing updates to the platform. |
| October 26 2023 | Release of Horizon Client CART 2309, further developing the client software. |
| July 10 2023 | Horizon Client CART 2306 launched, continuing software improvements. |
| May 2023 | VMware was ordered to pay $84.5 million for patent infringement on two patents owned by Densify, a Canadian software company. |
| March 31 2023 | Release of Horizon Client CART 2303, maintaining the regular update cycle. |
| 2022 | VMware Fusion 12.2.5 released for macOS 13.5.2 operating system. |
| November 2022 | UK's Competition and Markets Authority began investigating the potential competitive impacts of the Broadcom-VMware acquisition. |
| November 17 2022 | VMware releases version 17.0 of VMware Workstation. |
| November 17 2022 | VMware Fusion 13.0 released, optimized for macOS 13 Ventura, adding official support for Apple Silicon Macs, TPM 2.0, and OpenGL 4.3. |
| October 20 2022 | Horizon Client CART 2209 launched, further enhancing the VMware View client. |
| July 19 2022 | Release of Horizon Client CART 2206, continuing client software development. |
| May 2022 | Bleeping Computer reported that the Lazarus Group cybercrime group was actively using Log4Shell to inject backdoors and fetch information-stealing payloads on VMware Horizon servers. |
| May 2022 | VMware announced a partnership with McLaren Racing in Formula One motor racing. |
| May 26 2022 | Broadcom announced its intention to acquire VMware for approximately $61 billion in cash and stock, with plans to rebrand Broadcom Software Group as VMware. |
| April 4 2022 | Launch of Horizon Client CART 2203, maintaining the consistent update pattern. |
| March 2022 | ZDNET reported that hackers exploited Log4Shell on some VMware customer servers to install backdoors and perform cryptocurrency mining. |
| January 2022 | Hackers began infiltrating servers using the Log4Shell vulnerability at organizations that failed to implement available VMware patches, potentially compromising server security. |
| 2021 | VMware Fusion 12.1.2 released for macOS 10.15 operating system. |
| November 29 2021 | Horizon Client CART 2111 released, continuing software improvements. |
| November 1 2021 | The spinoff of VMware from Dell was completed. |
| September 2021 | VMware released a tech preview of Fusion for M1 chips, supporting ARM virtualization on Apple Silicon. |
| July 15 2021 | Release of Horizon Client CART 2106, further developing the client software. |
| May 12 2021 | Raghu Raghuram was announced as the new CEO of VMware. |
| April 15 2021 | Dell reported plans to spin off its remaining stake in VMware, with an agreement to continue operating together for at least five years. |
| March 23 2021 | VMware releases Horizon 8.2 2103, continuing the development of the virtual desktop platform. |
| March 23 2021 | Horizon Client CART 2103 launched, maintaining the regular update cycle. |
| January 13 2021 | VMware announced that CEO Pat Gelsinger would be leaving to step in at Intel. CFO Zane Rowe became interim CEO while the board searched for a replacement. |
| January 7 2021 | Release of Horizon Client CART 2012, continuing the new naming and release strategy. |
| 2020 | VMware discontinued VMware vRealize Hyperic after acquiring it from SpringSource. |
| 2020 | VMware Fusion 11.5.7 released for macOS 10.14 operating system. |
| 2020 | VMware announced plans to support Apple's transition to Apple silicon and ARM architecture. |
| December 19 2020 | VMware's Herald protocol was implemented in the Australian Government's COVIDSafe contact tracing app, providing a more reliable Bluetooth communication method for mobile device contact tracking during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| October 15 2020 | Horizon Client CART 5.5 and CART 2009 released, marking a transition in naming convention to denote year and month of build release. |
| September 29 2020 | VMware acquired SaltStack, an automation and configuration management software company. |
| September 4 2020 | VMware Fusion 12 introduced, featuring VMware Fusion Player for free non-commercial use, support for macOS Big Sur, DirectX 11, OpenGL 4.1, external GPU, and USB 3.1. |
| August 11 2020 | VMware introduces a new naming convention for Horizon releases, using a YYMM format with Horizon 8.0 2006. |
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