Virtualization giant VMware recently hired former Amazon.com executive, Mark Peek, as the company's new Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, he will lead VMware's finance, IT and facilities teams. This, at an interesting time for the virtualization company, as they are about to enter into their long awaited IPO. Expected to happen sometime this summer, all indications appear to show that things are still on Virtualization giant VMware recently hired former Amazon.com executive, Mark Peek, as the company’s new Chief Financial Officer. In his new role, he will lead VMware’s finance, IT and facilities teams.This, at an interesting time for the virtualization company, as they are about to enter into their long awaited IPO. Expected to happen sometime this summer, all indications appear to show that things are still on track. Although the company and the underwriters have yet to say exactly when the IPO will take place, you can almost bet that it will occur before the VMworld 2007 conference on September 11, 2007. Parent company EMC is expected to post their earnings in about two weeks, so it will be interesting to see if VMware has continued its impressive revenue growth. Software Development