Xsigo Systems today announced that Xsigo Systems Japan partnered with Itochu Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and Hitachi to jointly offer I/O virtualisation solutions to the Japanese market. The companies offer immediate availability of a jointly developed solution that will allow enterprise customers to rapidly implement cloud computing environments. The combined solution includes Hitachi… [[ This is a content summary only.

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Yesterday VMware announced its Q4 2009 earnings. During the call, besides the numbers that we report below, the company’s CEO Paul Maritz gave a couple of very interesting answers that hint at the future steps the company will take in terms of acquisitions and new products. Despite the whole 2009 license revenue declined 13% ($304M in Q4), the company reported a nice 8% growth and beated analysts estimates . The software maintenance portion of our services revenues was $246 million, up 53% compared to last year, while professional services revenue was $58 million, up 47% from last year. VMware also announced almost 20,000 new customers won in the second half of 2009.

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