VMware Announces New Virtual Infrastructure Software

   VMware Announces New Release of Enterprise-Class Virtual Infrastructure
                                   Software

     GSX Server 3 Enables Server Consolidation, Provides Enterprise-Class
Performance and Reliability and Dramatically Improves Software Development And
                              Test Productivity

    PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- VMware, Inc., the global leader
in virtual infrastructure software for Intel-based systems, today announced
GSX Server 3, the latest release of its award-winning enterprise-class virtual
infrastructure software. Designed for enterprise IT administrators who want to
consolidate servers and streamline development and testing operations, GSX
Server's full support for Microsoft Windows and Linux platforms combined with
enhanced performance, management and portability features make it the most
flexible and easily deployed server virtualization product on the market.
    "Without GSX Server, we would probably have at least 85 more servers than
we do now since it's so hard to run more than one application on a system.
Now, we can set up a new virtual machine in a couple of minutes instead of the
several hours it takes for a physical server, and our end users never notice
because performance is not compromised," said Ryan Goessling, systems software
specialist at CalPERS, the nation's largest public pension fund and the third
largest in the world with assets totaling more than $167 billion.
    VMware GSX Server simplifies computing infrastructure by partitioning and
isolating servers in secure and transportable virtual machines, each of which
can run standard Windows, Linux or NetWare operating systems and applications.
GSX Server allows these virtual machines to be remotely managed, automatically
provisioned and standardized on a secure, uniform platform. A wide variety of
benefits set GSX Server apart from other virtualization technologies:

    -- Server Consolidation with Enterprise-Class Performance and Reliability:
       GSX Server provides an ideal departmental server consolidation solution
       for customers that choose to run on standard Windows or Linux
       platforms. Using VMware P2V Assistant, customers can seamlessly
       transform physical servers into virtual machines that can run on GSX
       Server.
    -- Dramatically Improved Software Development and Test Productivity:  GSX
       Server dramatically reduces software development and testing cycles by
       shortening the time needed to provision, install, build, test and
       restore a new machine from days to minutes. Development teams can
       leverage the portability of GSX Server virtual machines to easily share
       development environments and pre-packaged operating system and
       application testing configurations.
    -- Freedom of Choice:  GSX Server installs on the widest selection of
       Windows and Linux operating systems of any virtualization technology,
       enabling users to preserve their freedom to choose the best platform
       for their needs.
    -- Direct Path to VMware Datacenter-class Virtualization Solutions:  GSX
       Server is compatible with VMware's revolutionary VirtualCenter
       management and provisioning solution, making it the only server
       virtualization product that delivers the cross-host management and
       provisioning features of the VMware virtual infrastructure. GSX Server
       offers a direct upgrade path to ESX Server, VMware's most powerful and
       scalable server virtualization product with support for Virtual SMP,
       fine-grained resource controls and VMotion instant migration of running
       virtual machines.

    "Thousands of customers can attest to the value and reliability of GSX
Server since its introduction more than three years ago," said Michael
Mullany, vice president of marketing at VMware. "The latest release supports
larger server applications and improves networking and disk performance. As a
result, our customers enjoy dramatically improved development and test
productivity cycles while retaining freedom of choice in operating systems."

    New and Enhanced Features of VMware GSX Server 3 Include:
    Enterprise-class Server Virtual Machines
    -- 3.6GB memory per virtual machine to support larger server applications
    -- Teamed network adapter support, SCSI backup devices
    -- 10-20% better disk and networking performance

    Enhanced Management and Portability
    -- VirtualCenter-based customization and provisioning of server
       images/configurations
    -- Windows integration for performance monitoring and event logging of
       virtual machines
    -- Automatic virtual machine start-up and shutdown
    -- PXE provisioning for booting and installing operating systems into new
       virtual machines over the network
    -- Ability to migrate virtual machines from GSX Server to datacenter-class
       ESX Server

    Flexibility to Choose Best Platform
    -- Supports the latest Windows, Linux and NetWare operating systems
    -- Runs on a wider variety of Windows operating systems than any server
       virtualization product on the market

    Availability and Pricing
    VMware GSX Server 3 will be available for both Windows and Linux host
operating systems in February, 2004 on the VMware Store at
http://www.vmware.com/vmwarestore/ .  GSX Server 3 will also be available
through VMware hardware partners, including Dell, Egenera, HP, NEC Systems
Technologies and Unisys, as well as through VMware VIP Reseller Network and
Distribution partners. Pricing starts at $2,500 for 2-CPU servers. GSX Server
3 is a free update to current GSX Server customers with support contracts. A
full-featured trial version can be downloaded directly from the VMware Web
site at http://www.vmware.com .

    About VMware
    VMware, an EMC company (NYSE: EMC), is the global leader in virtual
infrastructure software for Intel-based systems. The world's largest companies
use VMware solutions to simplify their IT, fully leverage their existing
computing investments and respond faster to changing business demands. VMware
is based in Palo Alto, California, and conducts business in more than 100
countries worldwide. For more information, visit www.vmware.com.

    NOTE:  VMware, ESX Server and GSX Server are trademarks of VMware, Inc.
All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their
respective companies.

SOURCE  VMware, Inc.
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