Realurls

VMware

Wikidata Q11407. GitHub vmware.

Official domains: vmware.com

Identity anchored by wikidata:Q11407/P856 wikidata:Q11407/P2037. Display name from wikidata:Q11407.

vmware.com verified primary · confidence 0.93 · verified 2026-09-06

2 independent anchor(s) + 3 independent corroboration(s): meets the verified threshold

EvidenceWhat it shows
A1 anchor GitHub verified this organization's domain (DNS-level check performed by GitHub)
org=vmware org_verified=true blog=https://vmware.com
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A9 not counted App Store history: an established app by an Apple-verified company named like the entity, seller URL points here
app=vSphere Mobile Client track_id=1459517032 seller=VMware, Inc. artist=VMware, Inc. seller_url=https://flings.vmware.com/vsphere-mobile-client released=2019-10-17 age_days=2515 ratings=45 apps_for_domain=3 apps=[{"app":"vSphere Mobile Client","seller":"VMware, Inc.","released":"2019-10-17","age_days":2515,"ratings":45},{"app":"VMware Explore 2026","seller":"Broadcom Inc","released":"2026-08-13","age_days":23,"ratings":1},{"app":"VMware vSAN Live","seller":"VMware, Inc.","released":"2019-11-11","age_days":2490,"ratings":1}]
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A3 anchor Corporate registrar fingerprint (brand-protection registrar, long prepaid term, registry locks)
registrar=CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. created=1998-01-30 expires=2030-01-29 remaining_days=1240 locks=["transfer","server delete","server transfer","server update"]
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A4 not counted TLS certificate carries the organization name (OV/EV)
subject_org=Broadcom Inc. validation_type=OV issuer=DigiCert Inc san_count=205
 TLS handshake vmware.com:443
B1 corroboration Wikidata official-website claim (P856) on the anchored item
qid=Q11407 label=VMware kind=organization site=https://www.vmware.com/ sitelinks=44 competing_items=0
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B5 corroboration Tranco top-1M ranking
rank=1784 source=top-1m list
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B4 corroboration Wayback Machine history
first_snapshot=1999-01-25 history_days=10086
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2 piece(s) of evidence not counted — why
  • A9: no listing meets the App Store history bar (at least 2 years on the store and 1000 ratings); strongest: vSphere Mobile Client 2515 days, 45 ratings
  • A4: certificate organization (Broadcom Inc.) is not the anchored entity (VMware, vmware)
Reproduce this yourself
# A1 — GitHub verified this org's domain
curl -s https://api.github.com/orgs/vmware | jq '{name, blog, is_verified}'

# A3 — registrar / dates / locks
curl -sL https://rdap.org/domain/vmware.com | jq '{status, events, registrar: [.entities[]|select(.roles[]=="registrar")|.vcardArray[1][1][3]]}'

# B1 — Wikidata P856
curl -s "https://www.wikidata.org/w/api.php?action=wbgetclaims&entity=Q11407&property=P856&format=json"

# B5 — Tranco rank
curl -s https://tranco-list.eu/api/ranks/domain/vmware.com

# B4 — first Wayback snapshot
curl -s "http://web.archive.org/cdx/search/cdx?url=vmware.com&limit=1&output=json"

# Re-run the whole pipeline for this domain
git clone https://github.com/zhouchungong/realurls-registry && cd realurls-registry && pip install -e . && python -m src.verify vmware.com

Think this is wrong? Open a dispute — the burden of proof is on us, and the record is downgraded while we check. Source record: YAML.