FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *   VMW Holdco LLC 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 04/12/2017 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol VMWARE, INC. [VMW] (Last) (First) (Middle) ONE DELL WAY 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) 5. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) (Street) ROUND ROCK, TX 78682 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) 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 20,000,000 D (1) Â

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Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		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
Class B Common Stock	  (2)	  (2)	Class A Common Stock	60,000,000	$ (2)	D (1)	Â

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
VMW Holdco LLC ONE DELL WAY ROUND ROCK, TX 78682	Â	  X	Â	Â

Signatures

VMW Holdco LLC By: /s/ Janet B. Wright, Senior Vice President & Assistant Secretary		04/13/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	The reporting person is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of EMC Corporation ("EMC"). EMC is directly wholly owned by Dell Inc., which in turn is indirectly wholly owned by Dell Technologies Inc. ("Dell Technologies") through its directly held wholly-owned subsidiary Denali Intermediate Inc. On April 12, 2017, the reporting person received these shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock as a capital contribution from its parent, EMC. Dell Technologies and EMC each retain beneficial ownership of such shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock following such transfer.
(2)	Each share of Class B Common Stock is convertible into one share of Class A Common Stock at any time, upon the election of the holder.

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