A sign of VMware's view of the future is on display as it buys a 5 percent stake in Terremark, a $20 million investment in cloud computing's future. It paid $5 a share for 4 million shares of newly issued common stock.
Terremark's chairman, Manuel Medina, welcomed the move. "VMware is the recognized leader in virtualization and a driving force behind the evolution of cloud computing," he said in an announcement.
Dan Chu, VP of emerging products at VMware, said in the announcement that the two companies have been working together for several years and Terremark was an effective implementer of VMware's products. "This investment ... underscores our belief in their ability to leverage our technologies as part of the VMware vCloud initiative."
VMware announced its vCloud initiative at its VMworld user group meeting in Las Vegas last September. It takes the data center operating system that VMware is seeking to create through its vSphere 4 suite of products and applies additional APIs and services to federate internal cloud resources with external clouds.
Terremark produces cloud and managed IT services through its data centers in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. It reported results for its fourth quarter ended March 31 and for fiscal 2009 on Tuesday. Revenue was $68.9 million, more than 5 percent over the same period the year before. Income from fourth-quarter operations was $10.8 million, a 63 percent increase over the same period the year before.
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