VMware Wins “Best of Show” at CMP XChange Solution Provider Conference, Along with Three Other XCellence Awards

PALO ALTO, Calif., March 2008 — VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, captured four top channel awards, including “Best of Show,” at the CMP XChange Solution Provider conference earlier this month. VMware also won top honors for “Best Software Solution,” “Best Business Technology Solution” and “Best World Premiere Presentation.” The XChange XCellence Awards measured overall business and technology integrator perceptions among conference attendees.

“The XChange XCellence Awards winners are selected by top solution providers at each event and honor the vendors with the most exceptional products, programs and technologies,” said Nancy Hammervik, vice president, events, Everything Channel. “Congratulations to all of the winning companies. They have demonstrated that they deliver high-quality solutions and have many satisfied business partners.”

These honors add to other recent accolades VMware and its channel program have received from CMP readers and conference attendees:

* VMware was recently ranked No. 1 among virtualization vendors by North American Value Added Resellers (VARs) selling or recommending virtualization solutions: www.crn.com/it-channel/205601338
* CRN recently named VMware a 2008 Channel Chief: www.crn.com/it-channel/206800947?pgno=10
* Last October, VMware Infrastructure, the company’s datacenter virtualization and management suite, was named “Best Software Solution” at CMP XChange Technology Innovators 2007: www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/cmpchannel2007.html
* At CMP XChange 2007 in August, VMware products won awards in four categories: “Best of Show,” “Best Software Solution,” “Best Business Technology Solution” and “Most Innovative Technology”: www.cmpxchange.com/awards

Earlier this year VMware announced major enhancements to the VMware VIP Partner Program. The enhancements help make it easier for the company’s 10,000 channel partners to quickly establish or expand their virtualization practices and offer their customers increased value through VMware’s market-leading virtualization solutions. More information on the VMware VIP Partner Program enhancements is available at: www.vmware.com/partners/vip/.
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