VMware the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008:
- Revenues for the second quarter were $456 million, an increase of 54% from the second quarter of 2007.
- GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $61 million, compared to $47 million for the same period last year.
- Non-GAAP operating income was $112 million, an increase of 52% from the second quarter of 2007.
- GAAP net income for the quarter was $52 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, compared to $34 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2007.
- Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $92 million, or $0.23 per diluted share, compared to $52 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, for the second quarter of 2007.
- Cash exceeded $1.5 billion and deferred revenue was $721 million as of June 30, 2008.
Second quarter U.S. revenues grew 43% to $240 million from the second quarter of 2007. International revenues grew 68% to $216 million from the second quarter of 2007 driven by strength in Europe and Australia.
Software license revenue grew 39% to $284 million from second quarter of 2007. Service revenues, which include support, subscription and professional services, were $172 million, an increase of 85% from the second quarter of 2007.
"VMware had another solid quarter, proving that the quality of our products and the immediate return on investment that they yield is delivering high value to customers," said Paul Maritz, president and chief executive officer of VMware. "I am personally excited to become part of a company that has the potential to become one of the truly important and enduring companies in the software industry."
"Our mission is to help customers run datacenters that use powerful, cost-effective, modern hardware to deliver dramatically higher levels of flexibility, manageability and efficiency. Today, much of our growth comes from customers expanding from basic server consolidation, yet increasingly more customers are seeking to virtualize their entire datacenter and desktop environments with VMware Infrastructure. We are also on the threshold of a major new opportunity - as customers begin to leverage VMware as both the on-ramp to the Cloud and for key elements of the Cloud itself. We are well-positioned to become a truly strategic platform for businesses of all sizes."
Second Quarter Highlights
During the second quarter, VMware made several strategic announcements:
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Announced general availability of bundled application and infrastructure management products for the datacenter. VMware Lifecycle Manager, VMware Lab Manager and VMware Stage Manager provide a more cost-effective and powerful way to manage the entire software lifecycle. In particular, they enable end user self-provisioning of virtual machines, give IT departments complete control of virtual machine environments and provide application owners with application release management capabilities.
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Announced general availability of VMware Site Recovery Manager, a pioneering new product for disaster recovery management and automation that simplifies business continuity planning and testing, and reduces the risk and complexity associated with executing disaster recovery.
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Announced the acquisition of B-hive Networks, a privately-held application performance management software company. With this acquisition, which closed on July 1, VMware enhances the VMware portfolio of application and infrastructure management products by offering proactive performance management and service level reporting for applications running within virtual machines. B-hive's R&D facility and team also forms the core of VMware's new development center in Israel.
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Announced general availability of VMware ThinApp 4, an application virtualization solution that lets customers run multiple versions of virtually any application on any Windows operating system without conflict. This product is the result of our first quarter acquisition of Thinstall.
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Announced the VMware Alliance Affiliate Initiative (Channel Affiliate Program) - CA, Dell (Equal Logic), EMC, McAfee, NetApp, Riverbed, and Vizioncore (a subsidiary of Quest Software) have created VMware-oriented virtualization training and tools for channel partners as well as financial incentives on the sale of their products combined with VMware solutions.
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Announced new Original Equipment Manufacturer agreements with key Chinese vendors Lenovo and Inspur to distribute and support VMware Infrastructure 3 on their systems. These agreements will help to further accelerate the adoption of VMware virtualization technologies in China.
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Dell delivered a broad line of server systems embedded with VMware ESXi hypervisor including Dell PowerEdge 2950, R900, 1950, 2900, M600 blade and M605 blade systems. Other major vendors embedding VMware ESXi in their systems include HP, IBM, Fujitsu Siemens, Hitachi, HP and NEC.
Financial Outlook
The following forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and risks discussed below and in documents filed by VMware with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially.
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2008 revenues are targeted to grow approximately 42% to 45% compared to 2007.
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Third quarter 2008 revenues are targeted to be within a range of approximately $462 to $468 million.
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Third quarter GAAP operating margin is targeted to be between 11% and 13%. This guidance includes stock-based compensation, employer payroll tax on employee stock transactions, amortization of intangible assets and capitalized software development costs which are targeted at 9% of projected revenue.
VMware plans to host a conference call today to review its second-quarter results and discuss its financial outlook. The call is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m. PT/ 5:00 p.m. ET and can be accessed via the Web at
http://ir.vmware.com. The Internet will be available live, and a replay will be available following completion of the live broadcast for approximately 30 days.