1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * RAMASWAMI RAJIV	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (MM/DD/YYYY) 10/26/2016	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VMWARE, INC. [VMW]
(Last)        (First)        (Middle) 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE	4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                            _____ 10% Owner ___ X ___ Officer (give title below)          _____ Other (specify below) COO, Products & Cloud Services /
(Street) PALO ALTO, CA 94304        (City)              (State)              (Zip)	5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _ X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Class A Common Stock	354913	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned ( e.g. , puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (MM/DD/YYYY)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
RAMASWAMI RAJIV 3401 HILLVIEW AVENUE PALO ALTO, CA 94304			COO, Products & Cloud Services

Signatures
Larry Wainblat, attorney-in-fact		11/3/2016
** Signature of Reporting Person		Date

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POWER OF ATTORNEY

      I, Rajiv Ramaswami, appoint each of Craig D. Norris, S. Dawn Smith and
Larry R. Wainblat as my
attorney-in-fact to:

      (1)  execute on my behalf, in my capacity as an officer or director of
VMware, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 144 in accordance with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933
and Forms 3, 4
and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules
thereunder (collectively, the "Forms");

      (2)  perform on my behalf any act necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any Form,
complete and execute any amendment to a Form and timely file the Forms with the
United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority;
and

      (3)  take any other action related to the Forms that, in his or her
opinion, may benefit me or
may be legally required of me.

        Each attorney-in-fact has the power and authority to appoint a substitute
attorney-in-fact,
revoke that appointment and determine the form, terms and conditions of any
document executed by
him or her.  I acknowledge that none of the attorneys-in-fact or the Company are
assuming any of my
responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933 or
Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. By signing this Power of Attorney, I am ratifying and
confirming all actions
lawfully taken by an attorney-in-fact in the performance of his or her duties
under this Power of
Attorney.

      As of the date below, any and all prior powers of attorney executed by me
related to the Forms
are hereby revoked and superseded by this Power of Attorney.  This Power of
Attorney will remain
effective until I am no longer required to file Forms related to my holdings of
Company securities, unless
I earlier deliver a signed revocation notice to the Company's general counsel.
If an attorney-in-fact
terminates employment with the Company, this Power of Attorney will be deemed
revoked with respect
to the departing attorney-in-fact and will remain effective with respect to each
other attorney-in-fact
remaining employed by the Company until terminated pursuant to the preceding
sentence.

      I have signed this Power of Attorney on October 24, 2016.


                                      By:      /s/ Rajiv Ramaswami
                                                Rajiv Ramaswami