VMware, Inc., the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year 2010:

• Revenues for the fourth quarter were $836 million, an increase of 37% from the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Operating income for the fourth quarter was $131 million, an increase of 84% from the fourth quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP operating income for the fourth quarter was $248 million, an increase of 57% from the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Net income for the fourth quarter was $120 million, or $0.28 per diluted share, compared to $56 million, or $0.14 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009. Non-GAAP net income for the quarter was $198 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, compared to $127 million, or $0.31 per diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Operating cash flows for the fourth quarter were $407 million, an increase of 43% from the fourth quarter of 2009. Free cash flows for the quarter were $406 million, an increase of 57% from the fourth quarter of 2009.
• Revenues for 2010 were $2.9 billion, an increase of 41% from 2009.
• Operating income for 2010 was $428 million, an increase of 95% from 2009. Non-GAAP operating income for 2010 was $813 million, an increase of 68% from 2009.
• Net income for 2010 was $357 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, compared to $197 million, or $0.49 per diluted share, for 2009. Non-GAAP net income for 2010 was $639 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, compared to $401 million, or $1.00 per diluted share, for 2009.
• Operating cash flows for 2010 were $1.2 billion, an increase of 19% and free cash flows for the year were $1.2 billion, an increase of 43% from 2009.
• Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments were $3.3 billion and deferred revenue was $1.9 billion as of December 31, 2010.

U.S. revenues for 2010 grew 40% to $1.5 billion from 2009. International revenues grew 43% to $1.4 billion from 2009.

License revenues for 2010 were $1.4 billion, an increase of 36% from 2009. Service revenues, which include software maintenance and professional services, were $1.5 billion for 2010, an increase of 46% from 2009.

"VMware clearly benefited in the fourth quarter from both an uptick in spending and the momentum of virtualization as the central technology for modernizing infrastructures," said Paul Maritz, president and chief executive officer. "Our task remains to help our customers evolve to the enterprise hybrid cloud by delivering solutions that increase efficiency while improving business agility."

"We are pleased with our record fourth quarter results, driven by strength across all product categories and geographies," said Mark Peek, chief financial officer. "As we continue to invest to take advantage of the generational shift underway in IT, we do not anticipate expansion of operating margins in 2011. First quarter 2011 revenues are expected to be in the range of $800 and $820 million, an increase of 26% to 29% from the first quarter 2010. Annual 2011 revenue is expected to be in the range of $3.45 and $3.55 billion, an increase of 21% to 24% from 2010, and annual license revenue is expected to grow between 14% and 19%."

Recent Highlights & Strategic Announcements

• In October 2010, VMware announced expansion of VMware Ready™, a program to include mail security solutions that can easily extend the Zimbra™ solution with a virtual appliance running on top of VMware vSphere®. Symantec and Trend Micro were among the first customers to deliver VMware Ready.
  
• In October 2010, VMware announced plans to provide a complete suite of cloud-based development and collaboration tools aimed at simplifying the entire application development process. Part of VMware's Cloud Application Platform strategy, Code2Cloud is intended to build on leading open source development projects to deliver a completely unified, setup-free development infrastructure that delivers cloud as a service.
  
• In November 2010, VMware announced intent to provide a desktop virtualization solution based on the Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) and VMware View™ 4.5 that will help channel partners accelerate deployment of virtual desktop solutions, scaling to meet customers' business needs and regulatory requirements while reducing risk and total cost of ownership (TCO).

VMware plans to host a conference call today to review its fourth quarter and 2010 results and to 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 webcast will be available live, and a replay will be available following completion of the live broadcast for approximately 30 days.