VMware (NYSE: VMW) is the global leader in virtualisation solutions from the desktop to the datacentre-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 22,000 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).

Cisco and VMWare have developed a comprehensive strategic alliance incorporating product co-engineering, integrated services, and go-to-market strategies. Their combined vision is to help mutual customers accelerate the transition to a virtualised data centre to achieve their business goals.

Cisco's bundled offering of the Cisco Unified Computing System and VMware's vSphere, the industry's first cloud operating system, will help customers increase the promise of virtualisation with reduced Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), increased business agility, and improved energy efficiency. This transformation enables the next generation of flexible, reliable IT services to be delivered both within internal clouds as well as from external clouds.

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