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VMware to touch Rs 1000 Crore in India soon

Most industry analysts regard it as the father of virtualization. CIOs of large organizations in India like HDFC Bank, TCS, Delhi International Airport, NDTV, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Shoppers Stop and Hindusthan Petroluem amongst others strongly endorse the sentiment. They are also joined by all the Fortune 100 (literally) companies and 99% of the Fortune 500 and Fortune 1000 companies. In today’s new world of IT, many regard it is an emerging leader in cloud infrastructure and business mobility. It has more than 500,000 customers and 75,000 partners globally. It also has over 93,000 certified professionals. Founded in 1998, today it employs over 17,000 employees across more than 50 offices worldwide. Not surprisingly therefore the Palo Alto-headquartered VMware with its 2014 revenues of $6.04 billion (growth of 16%), is now the fourth largest software company in the world behind Microsoft, Oracle and SAP.