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VMware Delivers VMware vSphere(TM) 4, A Quantum Leap Forward
VMware vSphere 4 to Help Customers Transform IT Into a Dynamic, Flexible Service, While Dramatically Lowering Costs
| Source: VMware, Inc.
PALO ALTO, CA--(Marketwire - May 21, 2009) - VMware, Inc. (NYSE : VMW ), the global leader
in virtualization solutions from the desktop through the datacenter and to
the cloud, today announced the general availability of VMware vSphere™
4, delivered ahead of schedule and with the support of an extensive partner
ecosystem and customers around the globe.
"With VMware vSphere 4, we are once again raising the bar significantly for
businesses that desire to dramatically improve IT performance," said Raghu
Raghuram, vice president and general manager, server business unit, VMware.
"The cost savings associated with virtualization are undeniable, and as
more customers standardize on VMware to drive 100 percent virtualization,
they are realizing the additional benefits that our solutions deliver,
including increased flexibility and agility."
VMware vSphere 4 extends the previous generation VMware platform -- VMware
Infrastructure 3 -- along three dimensions: it delivers the efficiency and
performance required to run business critical applications in large scale
environments, it provides uncompromised control over application security
and service levels, and it preserves customer choice of hardware, OS,
application architecture and on-premise vs. off-premise application
hosting.
VMware vSphere 4 enables transformative capital and operational expenditure
cost savings over and above what was previously achievable, including 30
percent increase in consolidation ratios, 50 percent storage savings, and
20 percent additional power savings. With VMware vSphere 4, even the most
resource intensive business critical applications will benefit from the
built-in service level assurance capabilities for availability, security
and scalability.
Customers are already harnessing VMware vSphere 4 to bring the benefits of
cloud computing to their datacenters, creating a practical approach to
their own private clouds -- cloud computing infrastructures that span
internal IT with external cloud service providers.
"VMware vSphere 4 is the core of our cloud computing initiative because it
gives us the cost savings and scalability benefits of cloud computing, with
the choice to deploy any application or OS without getting locked into any
particular architecture," said Christopher Rence, CIO, FICO.
For more information on how customers such as Alstom, Campbell Clinic,
Defense Contract Management Agency, FICO, Harley Davidson Motor Company and
Melbourne IT are using the VMware vSphere 4 platform, please visit:
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vsphere-customers.html.
Upgrade, Pricing and Promotion:
VMware vSphere 4 is available in six editions meeting the requirements, use
cases and budgets of customers of all sizes from small businesses to the
largest enterprises and government organizations. Prices start at $166 per
processor for all in one virtualization solutions for small businesses and
go up to VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus priced at $3,495 per processor
delivering features to transform the datacenter into an internal private
cloud.
For more information on VMware vSphere 4, including feature and function
information, customer endorsement and partner support, please visit:
http://www.vmware.com/go/vSphere.
For more information on VMware vSphere 4 pricing, please visit:
http://www.vmware.com/go/vSphere/buy.
For more information on the upgrade process to VMware vSphere 4, please
visit: http://www.vmware.com/go/vsphere-upgrade-center.
For a guided evaluation of VMware vSphere 4 with access to product demos
and evaluation guides, both new and existing customers can visit the VMware
vSphere Evaluation Center:
http://www.vmware.com/go/EvaluatevSphere.
For more information on VMware vSphere Consulting and Education Services,
please visit: http://www.vmware.com/services.
About VMware
VMware (NYSE : VMW ) is the global leader in virtualization solutions from
the desktop to the datacenter -- bringing cloud computing to businesses of
all sizes. Customers rely on VMware to reduce capital and operating
expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green.
With 2008 revenues of $1.9 billion, more than 130,000 customers and more
than 24,000 partners, VMware is one of the fastest growing public software
companies. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, VMware is majority-owned
by EMC Corporation (NYSE : EMC ). For more information, visit
www.vmware.com.
VMware and VMware vSphere are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of
VMware, Inc. in the United States and/or other jurisdictions. All other
marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective
companies.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements made in this press release which are not statements of
historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe
harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate, but are not limited, to,
expectations for customer utilization and adoption of our virtualization
products. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in
the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors,
including but not limited to: (i) the duration and deepening of negative
economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in consumer or
information technology spending; (iii) competitive factors, including but
not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new
competitors into the virtualization market, and new product and marketing
initiatives by our competitors; (iv) our customers' ability to develop, and
to transition to, new products, (v) the uncertainty of customer acceptance
of emerging technology initiatives; and (vi) rapid technological and market
changes in virtualization software; (vii) changes to product development
timelines. These forward-looking statements are based on current
expectations and are subject to uncertainties and changes in condition,
significance, value and effect as well as other risks detailed in documents
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, which could cause
actual results to vary from expectations. VMware disclaims any obligation
to update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this
release.