VMware strikes OEM deal to grow China business

Stuart Corner
Friday, 11 July 2008 12:12

Business IT - Technology

VMware has struck an OEM agreement with China's leading server brand,  Inspur, to help push uptake of VMware virtualisation in China.

Inspur will sell, distribute and support VMware’s data centre virtualisation and management suite, VMware Infrastructure, on Inspur server systems and the two companies will collaborate on market development, product sales, professional training and customer acquisition as well as technical services. Customers can purchase Inspur servers bundled with VMware Infrastructure 3, provided with full support from Inspur.

Inspur claims to have been ranked Number one  in terms of sales, revenue, and market share in the server market in China for 12 consecutive years.