04 October 2011
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, October 04, 2011 - VMware Inc (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, will be participating at GITEX 2011, with a focus on accelerating the journey to the hybrid cloud in the Middle East, and combating the security issues surrounding cloud computing.

VMware will be demonstrating the cloud adoption journey for Middle East businesses, and explaining how security works in the cloud at the Aptec stand at Hall 4 Stand C4 -1.

VMware will host an End User Computing workshop on October 10th & 12th at 4:00PM at the Sharjah D meeting room at the Convention Center.

VMware will also discuss relevant issues ahead of a series of announcements at VMworld 2011 taking place the following week in Copenhagen, Denmark on the 18th - 20th of October. VMworld Europe, hosted by VMware, is the leading virtualization and cloud infrastructure event of the year specifically designed for IT professionals in the Middle East and Europe seeking to accelerate success in their enterprises as they preserve existing investments while aligning their specific requirements to enable the cloud.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, expected levels of demand for cloud services in EMEA.   These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. 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: adverse changes in general economic or market conditions; (ii) delays or reductions in healthcare or information technology spending and government subsidies; (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 and computing strategies, (v) the uncertainty of customer acceptance of emerging technology; (vi) rapid technological and market changes in virtualization software and platforms for cloud and desktop computing; (vii) changes to product development timelines; (viii) our ability to protect our proprietary technology; (ix) our ability to attract and retain highly qualified employees; and (x) the successful integration of acquired companies and assets into VMware. 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 most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K that we may file from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. VMware assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements after the date of this release

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