POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of Rashmi Garde, Oren Levy and Michael Yang, signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/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;

        (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 144,
3, 4 or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely
file (whether by mail, electronic transmission or other acceptable means) such
form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

        (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act of
1933 or Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 144, 3, 4 or 5 with respect to
the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered
to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 9th day of August, 2007.

                                        /s/ John R. Egan
                                        ----------------------------------------
                                        John R. Egan

Witness:
/s/ Eileen Sancomb
- ----------------------------------------