EMC and VMware Extend Partnership to Develop

Customers today are evolving in the way they manage their IT infrastructures as more organizations virtualize their business-critical applications. With this shift, organizations must address siloed infrastructure management and high end-user expectations of performance and uptime, as so then as increase optimization and efficiency during reducing costs. With today's news, EMC and VMware have jointly developed and will deliver solutions to help with this transition.

Global leader in enabling businesses

EMC Corporation is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service. Fundamental to this transformation is cloud computing. Through innovative products and services, EMC accelerates the journey to cloud computing, helping IT departments to store, manage, protect and analyze their most valuable asset -- information -- in a more agile, trusted and cost-efficient way. Additional information about EMC can be found at www.EMC.com.

VMware is the leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure solutions that enable businesses to thrive in the Cloud Era. Clients rely on VMware to help them transform the way they build, deliver and consume Information Innovation resources in a manner in other words evolutionary and based on their specific needs. With 2011 earnings of $3.77 billion, VMware has more than 350,000 clients and 50,000 partners. The company is headquartered in Silicon Valley with offices throughout the world and can be found online at www.vmware.com.