VMware Joins Leading Linux Consortium to Address Increasing Adoption of Virtualization and Cloud Computing With Linux

SAN FRANCISCO, CA–(EMWNews – August 6, 2008) – The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit

organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of Linux, today announced

that VMware has become a member of the Foundation. The company joins

existing Linux Foundation members and technology leaders such as Adobe,

AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, Google, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, Motorola, NEC, Novell,

Oracle and Red Hat, among others.

“A growing number of organizations run their Linux environments on VMware

virtualization, and the Linux Foundation gives us a collaborative forum to

effectively address the needs of our customers,” said Dan Chu, vice

president of emerging products and solutions at VMware. “We are delighted

to become a member of The Linux Foundation and look forward to making

future contributions to the Linux community.”

According to research firm IDC, revenue for the virtual machine software

market may increase by more than four times from 2006-2011 to reach $4.8

billion by 2011*. As adoption of Linux expands as a result of its natural

position as a platform for next-generation computing in the cloud and in

virtualized environments, companies such as VMware are looking to The Linux

Foundation as the forum for collaboration.

VMware’s participation in the Linux community includes the contribution of

the Virtual Machine Interface (VMI), a paravirtualization interface as an

open specification, and subsequent collaboration with the Linux kernel

community and others in the development of a source-level

paravirtualization interface (paravirt-ops) for the Linux kernel. In 2007,

VMware announced the release of its Open Virtual Machine Tools, the open

source implementation of VMware Tools, and the creation of the

open-vm-tools project to enable community participation.

“Linux is a natural platform for virtualization and cloud computing. VMware

is obviously a leader in that field and a leading ISV who has embraced the

Linux platform,” said Jim Zemlin, executive director of The Linux

Foundation. “We’re excited to have VMware as our newest member.”

VMware has led the industry for the last decade in the breadth of operating

systems supported by VMware virtualization, including all major Linux

operating systems. VMware will work with the Linux Foundation and its

members to address the increasing number of Linux users who are working

with High Performance Computing (HPC), managed desktops, Web 2.0

technologies, and Software as a Service (SaaS) in virtualized environments.

About the Linux Foundation

The Linux Foundation is a nonprofit consortium dedicated to fostering the

growth of Linux. Founded in 2007, the Linux Foundation sponsors the work of

Linux creator Linus Torvalds and is supported by leading Linux and open

source companies and developers from around the world. The Linux Foundation

promotes, protects and standardizes Linux by providing unified resources

and services needed for open source to successfully compete with closed

platforms. For more information, please visit www.linux-foundation.org.

* Source: IDC, Worldwide Virtual Machine Software 2008-2012 Forecast, Doc #

212142, May 2008.

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