Cannes, France - (The Hosting News) - March 6, 2008 - Virtualization solutions provider, VMware, Inc. recently held the first annual VMworld Europe conference, in the Palais des Festivals et des Congres, in Cannes, France, where over 4,500 attendees and close to 100 sponsors attended.

The event featured presentations from industry experts and virtualization end users. Attendees had the chance to exchange information and ideas about how organizations around the world are building, managing, and benefiting from virtualizing increasingly more of their datacenters. The conference is business-focused but with a decidedly technical slant, as VMware TSX Europe, the company's annual technical symposium, has been incorporated into the show to bring together customers, partners and technologists at the leading edge of the industry.

Mark Stradling, Vice President of EMEA at VMware noted, ''VMware is very excited to bring VMworld to Europe," said "Virtualization is transforming computing -- both in the datacenter and on the desktop -- and VMware continues to pave new ground as the virtualization industry leader. This conference is a great opportunity to bring our customers and partners together for what is sure to be a rewarding, educational, and inspiring experience.''

Featured at VMworld Europe 2008: -- Keynotes from VMware President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Greene, Chief Scientist Mendel Rosenblum and senior executives representing many of the world's largest systems and software companies, as well as VMware customers. -- More than 123 breakout sessions and nine hands-on labs including solution tracks, product and technology demonstrations and specific sessions for partners, developers, press and analysts. Many customers will be presenting break-out sessions to share real-world experiences with virtualization. -- A Solutions Exchange showcasing new products and technology innovations from industry leaders in the virtualization market.

VMware broadcasted conference keynotes for general session presentations. The presentations will be available via a recorded web cast (www.vmware.com/go/europe-webcast) for approximately one month.

VMware provides virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter. Customers of all sizes utilize VMware to reduce capital and operating expenses, ensure business continuity, strengthen security and go green. With 2007 revenues of $1.3 billion, more than 100,000 customers and more than 10,000 partners, VMware is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

To learn more, please visit: www.vmware.com.