SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- 08/06/08 --
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 are 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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